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search_dates : Issues paring dates with period
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Description
search_dates is having issues with sentence splitting in _sentence_split link
This issue is common in many issues masked here referred as related issue 1.
Returns broken results limited by period (.) like 26.09.2019
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Research direction
Start in dateparser/languages/locale.py at _sentence_split and reproduce the search_dates case with 26.09.2019. Compare the behavior with the related issue discussion linked in the report; done means period-separated dates are returned correctly rather than as broken results.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100