date-extractor helps you extract dates from text
pip3 install date-extractor
from date_extractor import extract_dates
text = "I arrived in that city on January 4, 1937"
dates = extract_dates(text)
# [datetime.datetime(1937, 1, 4, 0, 0, tzinfo=<UTC>)]Date extractor also works on dates with hours, minutes and seconds:
from date_extractor import extract_date
date = extract_date("2018-06-07 16:31:54")
# datetime.datetime(2018, 6, 7, 16, 31, 54, tzinfo=<UTC>)from date_extractor import extract_date
text = "I arrived in that city in 1937"
date, precision = extract_date(text, return_precision=True)
# precision = 'year'| Languages Supported |
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| Arabic |
| Chinese (incl. Taiwan) |
| English |
| French |
| Sorani (Kurdish) |
| Turkish |
To test the package run
python3 -m unittest date_extractor.tests.test
Contact Daniel Dufour at daniel.j.dufour@gmail.com