Better BibLatex copied year column as string if "./" character is found

[ckenadiao]

Debug log ID

Q4BJ38RD-euc

What happened?

1. In Zotero, import the following DOI identifier: 10.1109/82.204108
2. Look at the entry. Notice that in the year column, it is Jan./1992, with the './'. (I noticed that this behaviour also applies to some of the DOI, but not all.)
3. Use the Better BibLaTex functionality to copy the latex's format to clipboard, and then just paste it in notepad.
4. Copy the latex format, this time through BibLateX only -- paste it in notepad.
5. Compare both entry (I paste it below for reference) -- you notice that BibLateX manage to parse this entry to date = {1992-01}, but not for Better BibLatex where it shows year = {Jan./1992}. This causes compilation error in typst (see Bibliography parse error: wrong number of digits on the "year" column typst/hayagriva#247 where I originally discuss about this issue)

(Better BibLateX)
@Article{Leung1992,
title = {Multibit {{Sigma}} - {{Delta A}}/{{D}} Converter Incorporating a Novel Class of Dynamic Element Matching Techniques},
author = {Leung, B.H. and Sutarja, S.},
year = {Jan./1992},
journaltitle = {IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Analog and Digital Signal Processing},
shortjournal = {IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. II},
volume = {39},
number = {1},
pages = {35--51},
issn = {10577130},
doi = {10.1109/82.204108},
url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/204108/},
urldate = {2024-10-29},
langid = {english},
file = {D:\OneDrive\Documents\Research\Zotero\Leung1992_journalArticle_multibit-sigma-delta-ad-converter-inc_vol39.pdf}
}

(BibLateX through quick copy)
@Article{Leung1992,
title = {Multibit Sigma - Delta A/D converter incorporating a novel class of dynamic element matching techniques},
volume = {39},
rights = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplorehelp/downloads/license-information/{IEEE}.html},
issn = {10577130},
url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/204108/},
doi = {10.1109/82.204108},
pages = {35--51},
number = {1},
journaltitle = {{IEEE} Transactions on Circuits and Systems {II}: Analog and Digital Signal Processing},
shortjournal = {{IEEE} Trans. Circuits Syst. {II}},
author = {Leung, B.H. and Sutarja, S.},
urldate = {2024-10-29},
date = {1992-01},
langid = {english},
file = {PDF:D:\OneDrive\Documents\Research\Zotero\Leung1992_journalArticle_multibit-sigma-delta-ad-converter-inc_vol39.pdf:application/pdf},
}
debug.txt

[retorquere]

Ah wait I get it. Yeah please right-click that entry, and send a BBT debug log from the popup menu, the ID will have -refs- in it. No need to attach debug logs, the log ID gives me the submitted log.

[ckenadiao]

The updated debug log is CKV7LRRK-refs-euc

[retorquere]

Can you try again? I don't know what happened but I haven't received that log.

[ckenadiao]

W9NTJHJ5-refs-euc/6.7.253-7

It turns out I didn't physically see the "next" button at the end of log submission window because the window screen is so big and unadjustable...

[retorquere]

i think actually the Zotero scraper should be fixed here. Jan 1992 is not the right date at all for that article, aside the fact that it should not be formatted that way.

[ckenadiao]

I double checked the article, it seems like the date is correct - January 1992? I think the date of publication (Aug 2002) referred form the website is the date of the article becomes digital.

[github-actions]

🤖 this is your friendly neighborhood build bot announcing test build 6.7.253.7328 ("more dateparser heuristics")

This update may name other issues, but the build just dropped here is for you; it just means problems already fixed in other issues have been folded into the work we are doing here. Install in Zotero by downloading test build 6.7.253.7328, opening the Zotero "Tools" menu, selecting "Add-ons", open the gear menu in the top right, and select "Install Add-on From File...".

[retorquere]

I double checked the article, it seems like the date is correct - January 1992? I think the date of publication (Aug 2002) referred form the website is the date of the article becomes digital.

So it seems. Can you test build 7328?

[ckenadiao]

Yeah, I tested build 7328 and it seems everything is fixed now.