fix: Fixed MAL start date parsing

The previous approach would always throw an Exception because
`SimpleDateFormat.format()` expects the input to be of type `Date` or
`Number`, not `String`.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 - Fixed kitsu tracker issue due to domain change
 - Fixed entry custom cover won't load if entry doesn't have cover from source
 - Fixed unread badge doesn't work properly for some sources (notably Komga)
+- Fixed MAL start date parsing (@MajorTanya)
 
 ## Translation
 - Update Japanese translation (@akir45)

app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/track/myanimelist/MyAnimeListApi.kt

@@ -116,12 +116,7 @@ class MyAnimeListApi(private val client: OkHttpClient, interceptor: MyAnimeListI
                             tracking_url = "https://myanimelist.net/manga/$media_id"
                             publishing_status = obj["status"]!!.jsonPrimitive.content.replace("_", " ")
                             publishing_type = obj["media_type"]!!.jsonPrimitive.content.replace("_", " ")
-                            start_date = try {
-                                val outputDf = SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd", Locale.US)
-                                outputDf.format(obj["start_date"]!!)
-                            } catch (e: Exception) {
-                                ""
-                            }
+                            start_date = obj["start_date"]?.jsonPrimitive?.content ?: ""
                         }
                     }
             }