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Issue parsing shortened date string
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Description
With dateparser v 1.2.0 there is an issue with parsing shortened string.
Please see example below (screenshot attached):
$ dateparser.parse('Tue').strftime("%A")
$ Friday
Expectation: Tuesday
However, with 1.1.8, this issue is not happening, kindly fix the latest version. Thanks
Tip: May be today is Friday, so it is picking Friday? (not sure just wanted to share here, just in case)
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Research direction
Start at the dateparser.parse('Tue') entry point and reproduce the result on version 1.2.0, then compare it with version 1.1.8. Investigate why the shortened weekday resolves to Friday instead of Tuesday; done means the example returns Tuesday without regressing the older 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
- 35/100