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datefinder return always a datetime #204

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AureliusMarcusHu opened this issue Dec 6, 2024 · 0 comments
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datefinder return always a datetime #204

AureliusMarcusHu opened this issue Dec 6, 2024 · 0 comments

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AureliusMarcusHu commented Dec 6, 2024

Datefinder return always a datetime even there isn't any date in the string. Wednesday is day name, not a date, there are so many dates possible.
(Photo by Michael M Santiago/Getty Images) Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond Inc began trading over the counter Wednesday after the Nasdaq
return result: 2024-12-11 00:00:00

In the following example there is a date, but datafinder returning a complete wrong date. The same date as in the first example.
(BBBY) announced its common stock will be delisted by Nasdaq due to its voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing on April 23, 2023 Trading of its
return result: 2024-12-11 00:00:00

This examples are real world string snippets returning from Google search.
Datefinder is instable and untrustable, nobody can count on the returning result. The user have to control it all manually. Why then using the tool ? It is much better returning less, but what the tool returning is True and correct. There can people live with.
Here is a lot work to do before datefinder is production stable.

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