From 321e333711dac708fbcd8013fcc8fb7a204b2ed1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: stumpylog <797416+stumpylog@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:04:15 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix: return the parsed value directly in format_datetime for
 typing

---
 src/documents/templating/filters.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/documents/templating/filters.py b/src/documents/templating/filters.py
index 1af3c65c5f..ac065b34c5 100644
--- a/src/documents/templating/filters.py
+++ b/src/documents/templating/filters.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def format_datetime(value: str | datetime, format: str) -> str:
         parsed = parse_datetime(value) or parse_date(value)
         if parsed is None:
             raise ValueError(f"Invalid date or datetime string: {value!r}")
-        value = parsed
+        return parsed.strftime(format=format)
     return value.strftime(format=format)