Incorrect Dates extracted

[daksh-2233]

Is there a way to specify particular date format (eg dd-mm-yyyy)
The date format in the text given is dd-mm-yyyy, but dates are extracted incorrectly

Ex: datefinder.find_dates('12.02.1980 ')
Expected Output:
12.02.1980

Actual output:
02.12.1980

Also, what is the purpose of base_date argument ?

[akoumjian]

If you know your dates are day first, pass the argument first="day" to the method.

datefinder.find_dates('12.02.1980', first='day')

https://github.com/akoumjian/datefinder/blob/master/datefinder/__init__.py#L305

[daksh-2233]

Hi @akoumjian , I tried passing the argument but it shows error :

File "date_test.py", line 2, in
dates = datefinder.find_dates('12.02.2018',first="day")
TypeError: find_dates() got an unexpected keyword argument 'first'

[amzar96]

Hi @akoumjian , I tried passing the argument but it shows error :

File "date_test.py", line 2, in
dates = datefinder.find_dates('12.02.2018',first="day")
TypeError: find_dates() got an unexpected keyword argument 'first'

I also received the same error :(