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Bad parsing of korean date

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Type: Bug - Language
Dominant language
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Description

>>> parse("2013년 08월 14일", languages=["ko"])

Should be parsed as 2013-08-14.

>>> parse("2013.08.14 23시 54분", languages=["ko"])
datetime.datetime(2019, 11, 11, 11, 7, 49, 750793)

Should be parsed as 2013-08-14 23:54. It seems to be finding some sort of relative time.

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the two Korean examples with parse(..., languages=["ko"]) and compare the returned values with the expected dates. Done means the first input returns 2013-08-14 and the second returns 2013-08-14 23:54 instead of a relative date.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
localization
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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