scrapinghub / scrapinghub/dateparser
Support parsing of relative future dates with "later" keyword (e.g. "1 year later")
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Type: Enhancement
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- Python
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Description
Currently, the parsing support of relative future date is limited to the "in" keyword, e.g. "in 1 year". It would be nice to add support of the "later" keyword which is frequently used in English to denote future dates, e.g. "1 year later", "5 days later", "2 hours later".
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Research direction
The issue names no files or tests. Start by locating the existing parser handling and tests for relative dates using “in”; add equivalent coverage for “1 year later”, “5 days later”, and “2 hours later”. Done means those expressions parse as future dates consistently with the existing “in” forms.
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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
- 48/100