scrapinghub / scrapinghub/dateparser

Support parsing quarters of the year like `2025Q02`

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Hi, thank you so much for conceiving this excellent library, dateparser is awesome.

We are just having the need to parse date strings like 2025Q01, 2025Q02, and so forth. Maybe parsing them could be a valuable addition to dateparser, when possible?

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No file, test, or specific parsing entry point is named in the issue. Start by locating the dateparser parsing entry point and inspect how date strings are interpreted; define the expected result for 2025Q01, 2025Q02, and later quarters before adding coverage that verifies those examples.

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Tech stack
python
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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