public function getTargetFromDate($date)
    {
        if (!preg_match('/^\d{4,14}$/', $date)) {
            throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Invalid date. Format is YYYY[MM[DD[HH[II[SS]]]]].');
        }

        // what we need to append to the date according to the possible date string lengths
        $dateStrlenToAppend = [
            14 => '',
            12 => '00',
            10 => '0000',
            8 => '000000',
            6 => '01000000',
            4 => '0101000000',
        ];

        if (!isset($dateStrlenToAppend[strlen($date)])) {
            throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Invalid date. Format is YYYY[MM[DD[HH[II[SS]]]]].');
        }

        $target = $date . $dateStrlenToAppend[strlen($date)];

        $dateTime = \DateTime::createFromFormat('YmdHis', $target);

        if ($dateTime === false) {
            throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Invalid date. Format is YYYY[MM[DD[HH[II[SS]]]]].');
        }

        return $dateTime->format('YmdHis');
    }