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Years spelt out e.g. "Two Thousand Eight"
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Type: Enhancement
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- Python
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Description
I am dealing with some data where the dates are something of the form:
26th day of August, in the year Two Thousand Eight
The module correctly parses day/month, but fails on the spelt-out years. Would it be possible (or even desirable) to include this in the module? I am happy to give this a go if I could be pointed in the right direction.
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Research direction
Start by locating the dateparser entry point and the year-parsing logic; no specific file or test is named in the issue. Reproduce the example “26th day of August, in the year Two Thousand Eight” and add coverage showing that the spelled-out year is parsed correctly.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100