scrapinghub / scrapinghub/dateparser
Formats passed in date_formats only work for English, even if languages=["es"]
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Description
- version: 0.7.0
Apparently, months, weekdays etc. are not captured if they are specified in a custom format passed in date_formats unless they are written in English, independently from the languages you pass under languages. I add an example below.
dateparser.parse('xxxx junio', languages=['es'], date_formats=['xxxx %B'])
# >> None
dateparser.parse('xxxx june', languages=['es'], date_formats=['xxxx %B'])
# >> datetime.datetime(2018, 6, 30, 0, 0)
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Start by reproducing the dateparser.parse example with languages=['es'] and date_formats=['xxxx %B']. Trace how custom formats handle localized month names, then verify that 'xxxx junio' parses correctly while the existing English case continues to work.
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- Tech stack
- python
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- localization
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- Bug
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