If only the month and year are provided record start date as 1st day …

…of the month, and end date has 1st day of next month

lib/report.js

@@ -11,6 +11,18 @@ const factums = require('./factums')
 const contexts = require('./contexts')
 
 
+const isMonthAndYearOnly = (date) => {
+  const tokens = date.match(/^\s*([^0-9]+)\s+([0-9]{2,})/)
+
+  if( !tokens ){
+    return false
+  }
+
+  return {
+    month: germanMonths.nameToNumber( tokens[1].trim() ),
+    year: tokens[2].trim().length < 4 ? 2000 + Number( tokens[2].trim() ) : Number( tokens[2].trim() )
+  }
+}
 
 const parseDate = (date) => {
 
@@ -39,21 +51,38 @@ const parseDate = (date) => {
 const parseH1 = (text) => {
   const [date, ...title] = text.split("–")
   let days
-  if( date.trim().length < 4  ){ //the days were separated with "–"
-    days = [date, title.shift()]
+  let dates
+
+  const yearAndMonth = isMonthAndYearOnly(date)
+  if( yearAndMonth ){
+    //Record the start of the month as the start date
+    dates = [  new Date( `${yearAndMonth.year}-${yearAndMonth.month}-01` ) ]
+
+    //Record the first day of the next month as the last date
+    yearAndMonth.month = (yearAndMonth.month + 1) % 12
+    if( yearAndMonth.month == 1 ){
+      yearAndMonth.year += 1
+    }
+
+    dates.push( new Date( `${yearAndMonth.year}-${yearAndMonth.month}-01` ) )
   }else{
-  //(d./)?d. Monat YYYY
-    days = date.trim().split('/')
-  }
-  const {day, month, year} = parseDate( days.pop() )
 
-  //Create dates for all the days
-  const dates = days
-    .map( (d) => Number( d.replace('.','') ) )
-    .map( (d) => new Date( `${year}-${month}-${d}` ) )
+    if( date.trim().length < 4  ){ //the days were separated with "–"
+      days = [date, title.shift()]
+    }else{
+      //(d./)?d. Monat YYYY
+      days = date.trim().split('/')
+    }
+    const {day, month, year} = parseDate( days.pop() )
 
-  dates.push( new Date( `${year}-${month}-${day}` ) )
+    //Create dates for all the days
+    dates = days
+      .map( (d) => Number( d.replace('.','') ) )
+      .map( (d) => new Date( `${year}-${month}-${d}` ) )
 
+    dates.push( new Date( `${year}-${month}-${day}` ) )
+  }
+
   return {
     dates,
     title: title.join("–").trim()

tests/lib/report.test.js

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ const reportWithShortDateInSource = fs.readFileSync('./tests/samples/short_date_
 const daysSeparatedWithEm = fs.readFileSync('./tests/samples/daysSeparatedWithEm.html', 'utf8')
 const sourceWithMultipleDates = fs.readFileSync('./tests/samples/sourceWithMultipleDates.html', 'utf8')
 const anonymousSource =fs.readFileSync('./tests/samples/anonymousSource.html', 'utf8')
+const monthOnly = fs.readFileSync('./tests/samples/monthOnly.html', 'utf8')
 
 request.mockImplementation((...args) => {
   const cb = args.pop()
@@ -108,3 +109,15 @@ test( 'Add anonymous source if none available', async() => {
   expect( validateSchema(result) ).toBeTruthy()
   expect( result.sources[0].name ).toEqual('anonymous')
 })
+
+test( 'If only the month and year are provided record start date as 1st day of the month, and end date has 1st day of next month', async() => {
+  request.mockImplementationOnce((...args) => {
+    const cb = args.pop()
+    cb( null, {statusCode: 200}, monthOnly )
+  })
+  const result = await scrapeReport( 'https://domain.tld/path/to/page.html' )
+  expect( validateSchema(result) ).toBeTruthy()
+  expect( result.startDate ).toEqual( '2016-01-31T23:00:00.000Z' )
+  expect( result.endDate ).toEqual( '2016-02-29T23:00:00.000Z' )
+
+})