Enhance date handling and optimize ULID generation

Updated DateOnlyConverter.cs to handle FormatException in Read method.
Refactored UlidGenerator.cs to use Parallel.For in GenerateMultipleUlids
and updated BenchmarkStatus. Added ToFriendlyDateString method in
DateTimeExtensions.cs.

Author: RealDotNetDave

source/dotNetTips.Spargine.8.Core/Data/Converters/DateOnlyConverter.cs

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // Created          : 01-10-2025
 //
 // Last Modified By : David McCarter
-// Last Modified On : 01-10-2025
+// Last Modified On : 01-30-2025
 // ***********************************************************************
 // <copyright file="DateOnlyConverter.cs" company="David McCarter - dotNetTips.com">
 //     McCarter Consulting (David McCarter)
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ public DateOnlyConverter() : this(null) { }
 	public override DateOnly Read(ref Utf8JsonReader reader, Type typeToConvert, JsonSerializerOptions options)
 	{
 		var value = reader.GetString();
+
 		try
 		{
 			return DateOnly.Parse(value!, IsoDateTimeOffsetConverter.Singleton.Culture);

source/dotNetTips.Spargine.8.Core/Security/UlidGenerator.cs

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // Created          : 08-03-2024
 //
 // Last Modified By : David McCarter
-// Last Modified On : 01-27-2025
+// Last Modified On : 01-30-2025
 // ***********************************************************************
 // <copyright file="UlidGenerator.cs" company="David McCarter - dotNetTips.com">
 //     McCarter Consulting (David McCarter)
@@ -109,15 +109,12 @@ private static byte[] GetRandomBytes()
 	/// <param name="count">The number of ULIDs to generate.</param>
 	/// <returns>A read-only collection of generated ULIDs.</returns>
 	/// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">Thrown if the count is less than or equal to zero.</exception>
-	[Information("Generates multiple ULIDs based on the specified count.", UnitTestStatus = UnitTestStatus.Completed, OptimizationStatus = OptimizationStatus.Completed, BenchmarkStatus = BenchmarkStatus.Completed, Status = Status.Available)]
+	[Information("Generates multiple ULIDs based on the specified count.", UnitTestStatus = UnitTestStatus.Completed, OptimizationStatus = OptimizationStatus.Completed, BenchmarkStatus = BenchmarkStatus.CheckPerformance, Status = Status.Available)]
 	public static ReadOnlyCollection<string> GenerateMultipleUlids(int count)
 	{
 		var ulids = new List<string>(count.ArgumentInRange(1, defaultValue: 1));
 
-		for (var index = 0; index < count; index++)
-		{
-			ulids.Add(GenerateUlid());
-		}
+		_ = Parallel.For(0, count, index => ulids[index] = GenerateUlid());
 
 		return ulids.AsReadOnly();
 	}
@@ -129,13 +126,10 @@ public static ReadOnlyCollection<string> GenerateMultipleUlids(int count)
 	[Information("Generates a new ULID.", UnitTestStatus = UnitTestStatus.Completed, OptimizationStatus = OptimizationStatus.Completed, BenchmarkStatus = BenchmarkStatus.Completed, Status = Status.Available)]
 	public static string GenerateUlid()
 	{
-		var timestamp = GetTimestamp().AsSpan();
-		var randomBytes = GetRandomBytes().AsSpan();
-
 		var ulidChars = new char[26].AsSpan();
 
-		EncodeBase32(timestamp, ulidChars, 0, TimestampLength);
-		EncodeBase32(randomBytes, ulidChars, TimestampLength, RandomLength);
+		EncodeBase32(GetTimestamp().AsSpan(), ulidChars, 0, TimestampLength);
+		EncodeBase32(GetRandomBytes().AsSpan(), ulidChars, TimestampLength, RandomLength);
 
 		return new string(ulidChars);
 	}

source/dotNetTips.Spargine.8.Extensions/DateTimeExtensions.cs

@@ -288,6 +288,11 @@ public static bool IsInRangeThrowsException(this in DateTimeOffset value, in Dat
 	/// </example>
 	[Information(nameof(ToFriendlyDateString), author: "David McCarter", createdOn: "7/15/2020", UnitTestStatus = UnitTestStatus.Completed, Status = Status.Available)]
 	public static string ToFriendlyDateString(this in DateTime input)
+	{
+		return FormatFriendlyDateString(input);
+	}
+
+	private static string FormatFriendlyDateString(DateTime input)
 	{
 		string formattedDate;