diff --git a/src/logic.js b/src/logic.js
index 625bb25..cc81383 100644
--- a/src/logic.js
+++ b/src/logic.js
@@ -141,7 +141,21 @@ const has_past_events = (body) =>
 
 const merge_events = (a, b) => uniqBy(eqBy(prop('event_id')))(union(a, b));
 
+const event_date_to_date_obj = (event) => {
+  const start = pathOr(null, ['date', 'start'], event);
+  if (start !== null) {
+    try {
+      event.date.start = new Date(start);
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error(e);
+      return event;
+    }
+  }
+  return event;
+};
+
 module.exports = {
+  event_date_to_date_obj,
   get_body_inner_text,
   get_past_events_from_page,
   get_upcoming_events_from_page,
diff --git a/src/scrape.js b/src/scrape.js
index 53c837a..70c04d4 100644
--- a/src/scrape.js
+++ b/src/scrape.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-const { pathOr } = require('ramda');
 const {
+  event_date_to_date_obj,
   merge_events,
   parse_args,
   read_previous_events,
@@ -38,18 +38,7 @@ const {
 
   let all_events = events
     .reduce(to_unique_events, previous_events)
-    .map((event) => {
-      const start = pathOr(null, ['date', 'start'], event);
-      if (start !== null) {
-        try {
-          event.date.start = new Date(start);
-        } catch (e) {
-          console.error(e);
-          return event;
-        }
-      }
-      return event;
-    })
+    .map(event_date_to_date_obj)
     .sort((a, b) => {
       const b_date = b.date.start;
       const a_date = a.date.start;