From e4f56372b127321f39e7e73a179dc49eac9b952e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felipe <fealho@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 08:46:43 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix validation

---
 sdv/_utils.py             |  1 +
 tests/unit/test__utils.py | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+)

diff --git a/sdv/_utils.py b/sdv/_utils.py
index 3ec466537..1e71da475 100644
--- a/sdv/_utils.py
+++ b/sdv/_utils.py
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ def _is_datetime_type(value):
             bool(_get_datetime_format([value]))
             or isinstance(value, pd.Timestamp)
             or isinstance(value, datetime)
+            or (isinstance(value, str) and pd.notna(pd.to_datetime(value, errors='coerce')))
         ):
             return False
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test__utils.py b/tests/unit/test__utils.py
index 1cbcf3416..47fad1c1e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test__utils.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test__utils.py
@@ -240,6 +240,30 @@ def test__is_datetime_type_with_datetime_str():
     assert is_datetime
 
 
+def test__is_datetime_type_with_datetime_str_nanoseconds():
+    """Test it for a datetime string with nanoseconds."""
+    # Setup
+    value = '2011-10-15 20:11:03.498707'
+
+    # Run
+    is_datetime = _is_datetime_type(value)
+
+    # Assert
+    assert is_datetime
+
+
+def test__is_datetime_type_with_str_int():
+    """Test it for a string with an integer."""
+    # Setup
+    value = '123'
+
+    # Run
+    is_datetime = _is_datetime_type(value)
+
+    # Assert
+    assert is_datetime is False
+
+
 def test__is_datetime_type_with_invalid_str():
     """Test the ``_is_datetime_type`` function when an invalid string is passed.