scrapinghub / scrapinghub/dateparser
`search_dates` doesn't support custom date formats
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search_dates
Type: Enhancement
- Dominant language
- Python
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Description
It would be nice to add support fot his, but I don't know how feasible it is.
Original comment: https://github.com/scrapinghub/dateparser/issues/833#issuecomment-734296359
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the search_dates entry point and the linked discussion in the original comment. Determine how custom date formats should be supplied and what behavior is expected for matching dates. Done means search_dates accepts and correctly applies custom formats, with coverage for the agreed behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100