ConfigurationsΒΆ
dateparser
‘s parsing behavior can be configured like below
``PREFER_DAY_OF_MONTH`` defaults to current
and can have first
and last
as values:
>>> from dateparser.conf import settings
>>> from dateparser import parse
>>> parse(u'December 2015')
datetime.datetime(2015, 12, 16, 0, 0)
>>> settings.update('PREFER_DAY_OF_MONTH', 'last')
>>> parse(u'December 2015')
datetime.datetime(2015, 12, 31, 0, 0)
>>> settings.update('PREFER_DAY_OF_MONTH', 'first')
>>> parse(u'December 2015')
datetime.datetime(2015, 12, 1, 0, 0)
``PREFER_DATES_FROM`` defaults to current_period
and can have past
and future
as values.
Assuming current date is June 16, 2015:
>>> from dateparser.conf import settings
>>> from dateparser import parse
>>> parse(u'March')
datetime.datetime(2015, 3, 16, 0, 0)
>>> settings.update('PREFER_DATES_FROM', 'future')
>>> parse(u'March')
datetime.datetime(2016, 3, 16, 0, 0)
``SKIP_TOKENS`` is a list
of tokens to discard while detecting language. Defaults to ['t']
which skips T in iso format datetime string.e.g. 2015-05-02T10:20:19+0000
.
This only works with DateDataParser
like below:
>>> settings.update('SKIP_TOKENS', ['de']) # Turkish word for 'at'
>>> from dateparser.date import DateDataParser
>>> DateDataParser().get_date_data(u'27 Haziran 1981 de') # Turkish (at 27 June 1981)
{'date_obj': datetime.datetime(1981, 6, 27, 0, 0), 'period': 'day'}