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Parsing plain year numbers like "2024" with "PREFER..."-settings set to "last" returns wrong date. 1 day missing...
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Description
print(dateparser.parse(
date_string="2024",
settings={"STRICT_PARSING": False,
"PREFER_DAY_OF_MONTH": "last",
"PREFER_MONTH_OF_YEAR": "last",
"PREFER_DATES_FROM": "past"}))
2024-12-30 00:00:00
It seems you're skipping a day. It should be 2024-12-31 00:00:00
...running on Macbook Air M2, Python 3.11 with
import locale
print(locale.getlocale())
(None, 'UTF-8')
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the dateparser.parse("2024") example with the listed PREFER_DAY_OF_MONTH, PREFER_MONTH_OF_YEAR, and PREFER_DATES_FROM settings. Trace how a plain year is expanded when both month and day preferences are set to "last"; done means the result is 2024-12-31 00:00:00 and the regression is covered by a test.
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