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Interpreting time

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HI, thanks for date parser. I am experimenting with collecting freehand dates and times entered into resource tags. I have tried the following:

print(dateparser.parse('6/4/25 7', settings={'DATE_ORDER': 'DMY', 'PREFER_DAY_OF_MONTH': 'first', "PREFER_MONTH_OF_YEAR": "current"}))

None. --> was hoping for 6-Apr-2025 07:00:00

print(dateparser.parse('Monday', settings={'DATE_ORDER': 'DMY', 'PREFER_DAY_OF_MONTH': 'first', "PREFER_MONTH_OF_YEAR": "current"}))

2025-12-31 00:00:00 --> was hoping for 7-Apr-2025 00:00:00

print(dateparser.parse('6/4/25 0730', settings={'DATE_ORDER': 'DMY', 'PREFER_DAY_OF_MONTH': 'first', "PREFER_MONTH_OF_YEAR": "current"}))

0730-04-06 00:00:00
Something not right here, it has used the time component for the Year even though the '/25' and date order was specified. Anyway, thanks for the library, I think it is very useful.

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Reproduce the three dateparser.parse examples from the issue, including the DMY settings and expected dates and times. Trace how date and time tokens are interpreted, then add regression coverage for the reported inputs and run the relevant test suite; done means the examples no longer return None, shift the weekday incorrectly, or treat 0730 as a year.

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