scrapinghub / scrapinghub/dateparser
Automatic search return incorrect result
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Description
The following code:
dateparser.search.search_dates("in the sample papers. The year of mention refers ")
returns:
[('The year of', datetime.datetime(2021, 12, 23, 0, 0))]
while clearly there is no date there
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the input with dateparser.search.search_dates("in the sample papers. The year of mention refers ") and inspect the search path that produces the false-positive "The year of" result. Done means the input no longer returns that incorrect date and a regression test covers the reported behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100