From b826dbf26467f00c7f196789258c3232dc40af31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: stephenmk <stephenmk@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 13:26:26 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add verification logic for date entry in JMdict

Very old versions of JMdict and unofficial versions are unlikely to
have the publication date entry at the end of the file.
---
 jmdict.go | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/jmdict.go b/jmdict.go
index ceb5835..5abbcbf 100644
--- a/jmdict.go
+++ b/jmdict.go
@@ -63,10 +63,20 @@ func doDisplaySenseNumberTag(headword headword, entry jmdict.JmdictEntry, meta j
 }
 
 func jmdictPublicationDate(dictionary jmdict.Jmdict) string {
+	if len(dictionary.Entries) == 0 {
+		return "unknown"
+	}
 	dateEntry := dictionary.Entries[len(dictionary.Entries)-1]
+	if len(dateEntry.Sense) == 0 || len(dateEntry.Sense[0].Glossary) == 0 {
+		return "unknown"
+	}
 	r := regexp.MustCompile(`\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}`)
 	jmdictDate := r.FindString(dateEntry.Sense[0].Glossary[0].Content)
-	return jmdictDate
+	if jmdictDate != "" {
+		return jmdictDate
+	} else {
+		return "unknown"
+	}
 }
 
 func createFormsTerm(headword headword, entry jmdict.JmdictEntry, meta jmdictMetadata) (dbTerm, bool) {