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`dateparser.search.search_dates` does not work as expected
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search_dates
Status: Bug confirmed
Type: Bug
- Dominant language
- Python
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Description
Given the below example
>>> from dateparser.search import search_dates
>>> search_dates("Validity date: 2021-11-26")
It does return None, however it should return [('2021-11-26', datetime.datetime(2021, 11, 26, 0, 0))]
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the example through dateparser.search.search_dates with the string "Validity date: 2021-11-26". Trace why this input returns None; done means it returns the reported date string and datetime tuple without breaking related date-search behavior.
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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
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100