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python parser for human readable dates

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Dominant language: Python
License: BSD-3-Clause
Last GitHub push: Sep 16, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
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281 open issues indexed

New project for faster fuzzy date parsing Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1388 · Opened Sep 19, 2026
search_dates() raises IndexError for the zh-Hans, zh-Hant and yue locales Open

search_dates Status: Bug confirmed Type: Bug

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 88/100

scrapinghub/dateparser#1372 · Opened Aug 31, 2026
'1,000,000 days ago' parses as the current time; thousands separators truncate the relative number Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1367 · Opened Aug 17, 2026
not finding date in multi-line string seperated by newlines - suggest adding functionality Open

discussion

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1323 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 4, 2026
dateutil is unmaintained Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1313 · 2 comments · Opened Feb 12, 2026
Prepositions with turn of year ignore turn of year Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1295 · Opened Jan 4, 2026
Idiomatic parsing Open

Type: Enhancement

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1290 · 2 comments · Opened Nov 15, 2025
Parser confuses sept (7) with sept. (septembre) in French Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1285 · 2 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Sep 17, 2025
Parser returns None for "Sep 30 2025" Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1282 · 3 comments · Opened Jul 30, 2025
PyInstaller Compatibility Issue: Missing dateparser_tz_cache.pkl in Frozen Applications Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1279 · 6 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Jul 8, 2025
Aren't "zh" (Chinese) and "zh-Hans" (Chinese, traditional script) the same language? Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1277 · Opened Jun 20, 2025
Unable to parse: the 1st [day] of last month Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1265 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 5, 2025
Interpreting time Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1264 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 5, 2025
German weekday "Montag" (Monday) only works with 'PREFER_DATES_FROM': 'future'? Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1262 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 2, 2025
dateparser doesn't work in FIPS compliant environments Open

good first issue Status: Bug confirmed Type: Bug

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1258 · 9 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Mar 14, 2025
Unable to parse "the 1st day of March" Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1256 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 27, 2025
Support of other examples of variable languages Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1255 · Opened Feb 26, 2025
Support parsing quarters of the year like `2025Q02` Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1254 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 23, 2025
Parsing Japanese style date with given language swaps months and days Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1253 · Opened Feb 22, 2025
search_dates does not work with aws python image 3.12 Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1252 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Jan 31, 2025
search_dates doesn't appear to respect settings Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1245 · Opened Nov 14, 2024
%w | %W and %V | %u format string directives are not supported? Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1242 · Opened Oct 30, 2024
langdetect seems unmaintained Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1240 · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 11, 2024
1.2.0 - PREFER_DATES_FROM & Timezone bug Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1239 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 8, 2024
Tests fail with latest pytz update Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1237 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 2, 2024
Written Number Parsing Not as Expected Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1236 · 3 comments · Opened Sep 18, 2024
Suggestion: add parsing of expressions like `now+1d`, `now-1h30m` etc. Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1233 · Opened Aug 20, 2024
Issue parsing shortened date string Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1232 · Opened Aug 2, 2024
Inconsistent behavior on shortened month name (portuguese and spanish) Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1231 · Opened Jun 20, 2024
Can't parse "09/08/2021г" or "09/08/2021г" Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1229 · Opened Jun 12, 2024
Parsing plain year numbers like "2024" with "PREFER..."-settings set to "last" returns wrong date. 1 day missing... Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1228 · 4 comments · Opened Jun 9, 2024
Can't parse "Thu 30 May 2024 10:13:10 -0500 (CDT)" Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1227 · Opened May 30, 2024
RELATIVE_BASE supersedes PREFER_MONTH_OF_YEAR Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1226 · Opened May 28, 2024
Portuguese (pt) interpreted incorrectly as M/D/YYY (should be DD/MM/YYYY) Open

Type: Bug - Language

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1225 · 2 comments · Opened May 25, 2024
This date cannot be parsed Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1220 · Opened Feb 22, 2024
Docs: clarify difference between "DEFAULT_LANGUAGES" and "languages" settings Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1218 · Opened Feb 9, 2024
Parsing "3pm" fails if RELATIVE_BASE is timezone-aware Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1213 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 27, 2024
Iran/Persian/Farsi date parsing fail Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1212 · Opened Jan 26, 2024
changing range of month Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1209 · Opened Jan 7, 2024
YYYY-MM-DD interpreted as YYYY-DD-MM Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1199 · 7 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Nov 15, 2023
Weekdays are handled inconsistently Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1196 · Opened Nov 7, 2023
OSS-Fuzz Integration Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1195 · 4 comments · Opened Nov 4, 2023
Strange parser error: search_dates parses "2010 Year" to a date with year of 4033 Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1193 · 5 comments · Opened Oct 16, 2023
TIMEZONE setting unable to handle two-digit UTC offset Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1192 · 2 comments · Opened Oct 16, 2023
Support for parsing fractional minutes Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1186 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 20, 2023
Dateparsed hangs minutes on certain dates Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1185 · Opened Sep 18, 2023
does someone maintain an actively developed public fork? Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1184 · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 15, 2023
Can't parse "后天" in Chinese Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1182 · Opened Sep 12, 2023
Parsing incorrect dates - inconsistencies Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1180 · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 28, 2023
Parse return Always None on server Open

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scrapinghub/dateparser#1178 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 18, 2023

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