[Due for payment 2025-09-19] Merge - IOU - Today's date is used instead of the original date of the selected expense

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Version Number: 9.1.91-0
Reproducible in staging?: Y
Reproducible in production?: N/A - new feature, doesn't exist in prod
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail: #65596
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): agexptest+pr0808e@gmail.com
Issue reported by: Applause - Internal Team

Action Performed:

1. Go to staging.new.expensify.com
2. Create 2 scan expenses in an IOU chat
3. Wait until scanning is completed
4. Go to any of the scan expenses
5. Tap on the More button > Merge
6. Select another scan expense that is in the same report
7. Select any receipt
8. Select any amount and merchant
9. Note the expense date in the Confirm details page
10. Confirm

Expected Result:

The expense date shown on the Confirm Details page remains unchanged on the Expense Details page

Actual Result:

Today's date is assigned to the merged expense instead of keeping the date of the selected expense

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

Select the officially supported platforms where the issue was reproduced:

• Android: App
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: App
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• iOS: mWeb Chrome
• Windows: Chrome
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

Platforms Tested:

On which of our officially supported platforms was this issue tested:

• Android: App
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: App
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• iOS: mWeb Chrome
• Windows: Chrome
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

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Bug6911757_1754681669965.Merge-Wrong_date.mp4

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @garrettmknight

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Triggered auto assignment to @greg-schroeder (Bug), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/14418 for more details. Please add this bug to a GH project, as outlined in the SO.

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Triggered auto assignment to @francoisl (DeployBlockerCash), see https://stackoverflowteams.com/c/expensify/questions/9980/ for more details.

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