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Turkish Language Support - March
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Description
The parser does not parse "Mart", the Turkish word for "March", correctly.
For example, 20 Mart 2001 is parsed as 2001-11-20 00:00:00-09:30, but it should be 2001-03-20 00:00:00.
As can be seen below, this issue does not persist with other months, and it is specific to Mart.
I believe the reason for this is MART - Marquesas Time.
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Research direction
Reproduce the Turkish input "20 Mart 2001" and compare it with the parser's handling of other Turkish month names. Trace the Turkish month parsing entry point and verify that the result uses March and the expected date representation; add regression coverage if the existing parser tests provide a suitable location.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- localization
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100