datefinder 0.0.1.dev2

Extract datetime objects from strings

A module for locating dates inside text. Use this package to extract all sorts of date like strings from a document and turn them into datetime objects.

This module finds the likely datetime strings and then uses the excellent dateparser package to convert to the datetime object.

Installation

pip install datefinder

How to Use

>>> import datefinder
>>> matches = datefinder.find_dates(string_with_dates)

>>> for match in matches:
    print match

2016-01-13 11:00:00
2016-01-05 00:00:00
2014-01-02 00:00:00
2014-01-02 00:00:00