scrapinghub / scrapinghub/dateparser
Can't parse GMail mail timestamps
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Description
This date string: Mon, 25 Jun 2018 10:37:47 +0530 (GMT+05:30), when parsed like this:
dateparser.parse('Mon, 25 Jun 2018 10:37:47 +0530 (GMT+05:30)')
Gives None as result.
Can this type of string be even parsed using dateparser? It's coming in some mails fetched from GMail API.
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue through the dateparser.parse entry point using the exact Gmail timestamp shown. Inspect the parsing path for this input format; done means the string produces a parsed datetime rather than None, with its timezone information handled correctly. No source file or test is named, so locate the relevant parser tests before changing behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
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- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
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- Stale
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