Search on years before -9999 and after 9999 (#11420)

* Search on years before -9999 and after 9999

* Update changelog

arches/app/utils/date_utils.py

@@ -69,6 +69,20 @@ def __init__(
             except Exception as err:
                 self.error = err
                 raise err
+
+    def get_long_year(self, date):
+        """
+        Dates with long years will fail to parse unless properly formatted.
+        Example: '-200000-01-01' and '20000-01-01' will fail to parse.
+        The day and month must be stripped and the year prefixed with a y.
+        """
+
+        date_elements = date.split("-")
+        if len(date_elements) == 4:
+            long_year = f"y-{date_elements[1]}"
+        if len(date_elements) == 3:
+            long_year = f"y{date_elements[0]}"
+        return long_year
 
     def parse(self, date=None):
         if date is None:
@@ -91,7 +105,12 @@ def parse(self, date=None):
         except Exception:
             pass
 
-        self.edtf = parse_edtf(date)
+        try:
+            self.edtf = parse_edtf(date)
+        except Exception as e: #Exception is likely because year has more than 4 digits
+            long_year = self.get_long_year(date)
+            self.edtf = parse_edtf(long_year)
+
         result = self.handle_object(self.edtf)
         if isinstance(result, list):
             self.result_set = result

releases/7.5.4.md

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Arches 7.5.4 Release Notes
 is specified #11120
 - Allow main (left) nav to scroll to content height when expanded #11243
 - Ensure resource type search filter dropdown is not displayed beneath search filter buttons #11188
+- Fix search failure when filtering on dates with years having more than 4 digits, #11419
 
 ### Dependency changes:
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