diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 98511d4..60a230e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ build/
 
 ### Generated Files ###
 /videos
-outputs/
+/outputs
+frontend/.flowbite-react
 
 generated
 .mvn
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/utils.ts b/frontend/src/utils/utils.ts
index de79921..e0283c1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils/utils.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/utils.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ function formatTime(seconds: number): string {
 }
 
 function stringToDate(dateString: string): Date {
-    const date = new Date(dateString.substring(0, 23));
+    const normalized = dateString.replace(/(\.\d{3})\d+/, "$1");
+    const date = new Date(normalized);
     if (isNaN(date.getTime())) throw new Error("Invalid date string");
     return date;
 }