(refactor) refactor mfpUrl helper function to build reports url
(feat) update convertToNum helper utility to ignore non-number characters
(refactor) refactor fetchSingleDate for 260% speed improvement
(refactor) refactor fetchSingleDate and fetchDateRange for speed
(feat) add speed testing script
(bug) fix occasionally failing apiStatusCheck spec
(test) add tests for formatDate() helper
(doc) bump version to 0.5.0