scrapinghub / scrapinghub/dateparser
Support for parsing fractional minutes
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Description
Writing the minutes with a fractional value rather than writing out seconds is not a common way to specify time, but it does happen
Here's an example:
>>> import dateparser
>>> dateparser.parse("9/11/2023 03:25.5")
>>>
For what it's worth, python-dateutil support parsing it:
>>> from dateutil.parser import parse as parse_date
>>> parse_date("9/11/2023 03:25.5")
datetime.datetime(2023, 9, 11, 3, 25, 30)
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the dateparser.parse("9/11/2023 03:25.5") example and compare it with python-dateutil's parse result. Trace the parsing entry point and identify the relevant tests; done means fractional minutes are accepted and converted to the corresponding seconds, matching the demonstrated datetime.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100