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 'mermaid': patch
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-Fix: an issue where exclude dates in Gantt charts were ignored when using dateFormat: 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss'.
+fix: handle exclude dates properly in Gantt charts when using dateFormat: 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss'