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Words like car bar are identified as some random dates
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search_dates
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Description
search_dates('Do you have a car')
Returns:
[('Do', datetime.datetime(2021, 7, 4, 0, 0)),
('a', datetime.datetime(2021, 7, 4, 0, 0))]
search_dates('bar')
Returns:
[('bar', datetime.datetime(2021, 7, 5, 0, 0))]
search_dates('are')
Returns:
[('are', datetime.datetime(2021, 7, 4, 0, 0))]
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Research direction
Start at the search_dates entry point and reproduce the examples shown in the issue, including “Do you have a car”, “bar”, and “are”. Trace why ordinary words become dates, then add coverage demonstrating that these false positives are no longer returned while valid date detection remains intact.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
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- 45/100