From c4009391c030635d1e853dfa70efa2f0e7027cc8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Scott Idem <stidem@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 15:22:28 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix(posts): robust date sorting in post and comment
 processors

---
 src/lib/ae_posts/ae_posts__post.ts         | 5 +++--
 src/lib/ae_posts/ae_posts__post_comment.ts | 5 +++--
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/lib/ae_posts/ae_posts__post.ts b/src/lib/ae_posts/ae_posts__post.ts
index 3cc44db3..13f91a93 100644
--- a/src/lib/ae_posts/ae_posts__post.ts
+++ b/src/lib/ae_posts/ae_posts__post.ts
@@ -549,12 +549,13 @@ export async function process_ae_obj__post_props({
             }
             obj.name = obj.title;
             const sort_val = (obj.sort ?? 0).toString().padStart(3, '0');
+            const updated = obj.updated_on ?? obj.created_on ?? new Date(0).toISOString();
             obj.tmp_sort_1 = `${obj.group ?? ''}_${obj.priority ? '1' : '0'}_${
                 sort_val
-            }_${obj.updated_on ?? obj.created_on}`;
+            }_${updated}`;
             obj.tmp_sort_2 = `${obj.group ?? ''}_${obj.priority ? '1' : '0'}_${
                 sort_val
-            }_${obj.updated_on}_${obj.created_on}`;
+            }_${obj.updated_on ?? ''}_${obj.created_on ?? ''}`;
 
             return obj;
         }
diff --git a/src/lib/ae_posts/ae_posts__post_comment.ts b/src/lib/ae_posts/ae_posts__post_comment.ts
index 4ebbc3a4..b6f70e23 100644
--- a/src/lib/ae_posts/ae_posts__post_comment.ts
+++ b/src/lib/ae_posts/ae_posts__post_comment.ts
@@ -366,12 +366,13 @@ export async function process_ae_obj__post_comment_props({
         log_lvl,
         specific_processor: (obj) => {
             const sort_val = (obj.sort ?? 0).toString().padStart(3, '0');
+            const updated = obj.updated_on ?? obj.created_on ?? new Date(0).toISOString();
             obj.tmp_sort_1 = `${obj.group ?? ''}_${obj.priority ? '1' : '0'}_${
                 sort_val
-            }_${obj.updated_on ?? obj.created_on}`;
+            }_${updated}`;
             obj.tmp_sort_2 = `${obj.group ?? ''}_${obj.priority ? '1' : '0'}_${
                 sort_val
-            }_${obj.updated_on}_${obj.created_on}`;
+            }_${obj.updated_on ?? ''}_${obj.created_on ?? ''}`;
 
             return obj;
         }