import csv
from datetime import datetime as DateTime


def read_broken_csv(file):
    with open(file, newline="") as fd:
        reader = csv.reader(fd)
        header = next(reader)
        for row in reader:
            # skipping everything where row[0] starts with a `-`
            if row[0].lstrip().startswith("-"):
                continue
            # conversion to date may fail, if the data is in the wrong format
            try:
                row[0] = DateTime.strptime(row[0], "%m/%d/%Y").date()
                row[-1] = tuple(map(str.strip, row[-1].split(",")))
            except ValueError:
                # skipping row, if the format of date was not ok
                continue

            yield row


for row in read_broken_csv("Downloads/testing.csv"):
    print(row)