diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/Request.php b/app/Http/Requests/Request.php
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-<?php
-/**
- * Request.php
- * Copyright (c) 2019 james@firefly-iii.org
- *
- * This file is part of Firefly III (https://github.com/firefly-iii).
- *
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
- * License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-declare(strict_types=1);
-
-namespace FireflyIII\Http\Requests;
-
-use Carbon\Carbon;
-use Carbon\Exceptions\InvalidDateException;
-use Exception;
-use FireflyIII\Support\Request\ConvertsDataTypes;
-use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
-use Illuminate\Validation\Validator;
-use Log;
-
-/**
- * Class Request.
- *
- * @codeCoverageIgnore
- *
- */
-class Request extends FormRequest
-{
-
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-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Return date time or NULL.
-     *
-     * @param string $field
-     *
-     * @return Carbon|null
-     */
-    protected function dateTime(string $field): ?Carbon
-    {
-        if (null === $this->get($field)) {
-            return null;
-        }
-        $value = (string) $this->get($field);
-        if (10 === strlen($value)) {
-            // probably a date format.
-            try {
-                $result = Carbon::createFromFormat('Y-m-d', $value);
-            } catch (InvalidDateException $e) {
-                Log::error(sprintf('"%s" is not a valid date: %s', $value, $e->getMessage()));
-
-                return null;
-            }
-
-            return $result;
-        }
-        // is an atom string, I hope?
-        try {
-            $result = Carbon::parse($value);
-        } catch (InvalidDateException $e) {
-            Log::error(sprintf('"%s" is not a valid date or time: %s', $value, $e->getMessage()));
-
-            return null;
-        }
-
-        return $result;
-    }
-}