scrapinghub / scrapinghub/dateparser

Unable to parse "tonight"

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Type: Enhancement
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Description

The following is the detailed code

$ python         
Python 3.7.10 (default, Mar 11 2021, 11:19:36) 
[GCC 10.2.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import dateparser
>>> dateparser.parse("today")
datetime.datetime(2021, 3, 11, 16, 52, 25, 549683)
>>> dateparser.parse("tonight")
>>> print(dateparser.parse("tonight"))
None
>>> 

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Reproduce the issue with dateparser.parse("tonight") in the Python environment shown. Trace the natural-language parsing path for this input, then add support with regression coverage; done means the input parses consistently instead of returning None.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
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