scrapinghub / scrapinghub/dateparser

ISO8601 date format is incorrectly recognized when language is 'de'

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Type: Bug - Language
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Description

>>> dateparser.parse('2020-08-06', languages=['de'])
datetime.datetime(2020, 6, 8, 0, 0)

The expected result is
datetime.datetime(2020, 8, 6, 0, 0)

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the dateparser.parse example with languages=['de'] and inspect the date parsing and German-language handling paths. Done means the ISO8601 input '2020-08-06' returns datetime.datetime(2020, 8, 6, 0, 0) while German date parsing remains correct.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
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