Extract datetime objects from strings
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datefinder - extract dates from text
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A python module for locating dates inside text. Use this package to extract all sorts
of date like strings from a document and turn them into datetime objects.
This module finds the likely datetime strings and then uses the
`dateparser <https://github.com/scrapinghub/dateparser>`_ package to convert
to the datetime object.
Installation
------------
.. code-block:: sh
pip install datefinder
How to Use
----------
.. automodule:: datefinder
:members: find_dates
.. code-block:: python
In [1]: string_with_dates = """
...: ...
...: entries are due by January 4th, 2017 at 8:00pm
...: ...
...: created 01/15/2005 by ACME Inc. and associates.
...: ...
...: """
In [2]: import datefinder
In [3]: matches = datefinder.find_dates(string_with_dates)
In [4]: for match in matches:
...: print match
...:
2017-01-04 20:00:00
2005-01-15 00:00:00
Support
-------
You can talk to us on `Gitter <https://gitter.im/datefinder/Lobby>`_ or just submit an issue on `github <https://github.com/akoumjian/datefinder/issues/>`_.
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A python module for locating dates inside text. Use this package to extract all sorts
of date like strings from a document and turn them into datetime objects.
This module finds the likely datetime strings and then uses the
`dateparser <https://github.com/scrapinghub/dateparser>`_ package to convert
to the datetime object.
Installation
------------
.. code-block:: sh
pip install datefinder
How to Use
----------
.. automodule:: datefinder
:members: find_dates
.. code-block:: python
In [1]: string_with_dates = """
...: ...
...: entries are due by January 4th, 2017 at 8:00pm
...: ...
...: created 01/15/2005 by ACME Inc. and associates.
...: ...
...: """
In [2]: import datefinder
In [3]: matches = datefinder.find_dates(string_with_dates)
In [4]: for match in matches:
...: print match
...:
2017-01-04 20:00:00
2005-01-15 00:00:00
Support
-------
You can talk to us on `Gitter <https://gitter.im/datefinder/Lobby>`_ or just submit an issue on `github <https://github.com/akoumjian/datefinder/issues/>`_.
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