Is the string 'tilldate' supported in the parser?

[vishaltanwar96]

Hi!
Is the string tilldate/till date supported?
This is what i've tried:

>>> from dateparser import parse, search
>>> parsed_date = parse('tilldate')
>>> print(parsed_date)
None
>>> parsed_date = parse('till date')
>>> print(parsed_date)
None
>>> parsed_date = search.search_dates('tilldate')
>>> print(parsed_date)
None
>>> parsed_date = search.search_dates('till date')
>>> print(parsed_date)
None

It returns None but i was expecting it to return datetime.datetime(2021, 1, 6, 0, 0) instead.
Thanks!

[Gallaecio]

Looks like a valid expression: https://english.stackexchange.com/a/146771/87187

Not sure if we support any of the alternative expressions, but I guess it makes sense to eventually support it.

[vishaltanwar96]

Hi @Gallaecio, thanks for a really quick response. Good to know that the expression would be supported in future. Is the project open for contributions regarding this? Cheers!

[Gallaecio]

I think so, specially if it’s doable by modifying the corresponding YAML file. See https://dateparser.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contributing.html#guidelines-for-editing-translation-data

[serhii73]

We can close this issue because #1005 is merged.