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 package to convert to the datetime object.
Install re2 from https://github.com/google/re2 Install pyre2 from https://github.com/axiak/pyre2 (you can use a variant fork of pyre2 but the build and capability nuances are upto your study. Will be delighted to hear if there is a value addition using some other fork than axiak.)
.. automodule:: datefinder :members: find_dates
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 00:00:00Thanks to Google, Facebook, @axaik and @akoumjian for their code on which these changes stand.
Authors do not have any liability directly or indirectly to any kind of loss incurred from the use of the software directly or indirectly. Use it at your own risk.