public function filter_date_escaping( $value, $optionName ) {
		// A list of date options we may need to unescape.
		$date_options = [
			'dateWithoutYearFormat',
			'monthAndYearFormat',
		];

		if ( ! in_array( $optionName, $date_options ) ) {
			return $value;
		}

		// Don't try to run string modification on an array or something.
		if ( ! is_string( $value ) ) {
			return $value;
		}

		// Note: backslash is hte escape character - so we need to escape it.
		// This is the equivalent of replacing any occurrence of \\ with \
		$value = str_replace( "\\\\", "\\", $value);
		//$value = stripslashes( $value ); will strip out ones we want to keep!

		return $value;
	}