scrapinghub / scrapinghub/dateparser

dateparser returns unwanted non-null result even with very restrictive settings

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Description

I want the following to return NoneType. I cannot change the languange setting.

dateparser.parse("2359 hours", languages=['en'],
                        settings={'DATE_ORDER': 'DMY','STRICT_PARSING': True,'REQUIRE_PARTS': ['month','day','year']})

However, I get

datetime.datetime(2022, 1, 28, 4, 57, 10, 154107)

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Run the supplied dateparser.parse reproduction first. Trace how STRICT_PARSING and REQUIRE_PARTS are applied to the parsed "2359 hours" result, then add coverage for the expected None result and verify existing parsing behavior remains intact.

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Tech stack
python
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backend
Issue type
Bug
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Estimated time
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