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Given events of the form {"date": "YYYY-MM-DD", "count": integer}, return one {"date", "count"} dictionary for every date from start_date through end_date, inclusive and ascending. Add counts for repeated event dates, report zero on dates with no events, and ignore events outside the requested range. Dates are valid ISO calendar dates, start_date is not after end_date, the range is at most 366 days, and counts are nonnegative integers. Leave all input data unchanged.
[[{"date": "2026-09-03", "count": 2}, {"date": "2026-09-01", "count": 3}, {"date": "2026-09-01", "count": 4}, {"date": "2026-08-31", "count": 9}], "2026-09-01", "2026-09-03"][{"date": "2026-09-01", "count": 7}, {"date": "2026-09-02", "count": 0}, {"date": "2026-09-03", "count": 2}][[{"date": "2024-02-29", "count": 5}], "2024-02-28", "2024-03-01"][{"date": "2024-02-28", "count": 0}, {"date": "2024-02-29", "count": 5}, {"date": "2024-03-01", "count": 0}][[{"date": "2026-06-10", "count": 4}], "2026-06-10", "2026-06-10"][{"date": "2026-06-10", "count": 4}][[], "2026-04-30", "2026-05-02"]
[{"date": "2026-04-30", "count": 0}, {"date": "2026-05-01", "count": 0}, {"date": "2026-05-02", "count": 0}][[{"date": "2027-01-01", "count": 1}, {"date": "2027-01-03", "count": 8}], "2026-12-31", "2027-01-01"][{"date": "2026-12-31", "count": 0}, {"date": "2027-01-01", "count": 1}][[{"date": "2026-08-01", "count": 0}], "2026-08-01", "2026-08-01"][{"date": "2026-08-01", "count": 0}][[], "9999-12-31", "9999-12-31"]
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