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Parsing Japanese style date with given language swaps months and days
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Description
> dateparser.parse("2024-10-05")
datetime.datetime(2024, 10, 5, 0, 0) # OK
> dateparser.parse("2024-10-05", languages=['pt', 'es'])
datetime.datetime(2024, 5, 10, 0, 0) # Wrong afaik
System info:
> sys.version
'3.8.10 (default, Jan 17 2025, 14:40:23) \n[GCC 9.4.0]'
Version i got from apt:
dateparser-1.2.1-py3-none-any.whl (295 kB)
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the two dateparser.parse examples from the issue with Python 3.8.10 and dateparser 1.2.1, then trace the language-specific date parsing entry point. Add a regression test for the ISO-style input with languages=['pt', 'es']; done means it retains the expected year-month-day interpretation.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- internationalization
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100