scrapinghub / scrapinghub/dateparser
Handle new relative date format
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Type: Enhancement
- Dominant language
- Python
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Description
Are there any plans to add support for date format like this one: 'over a week ago'? Facebook is using it so might be relevant in the near future.
I can take on this feature if you want and submit a PR.
Let me know Contributors!
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the relative-date parsing entry point and the tests covering relative date formats. Confirm the parser accepts the requested phrase, “over a week ago,” and add coverage showing that this format is handled correctly.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100