Human Date Parser

Parses strings that express dates in a human way into ones usable by code.

Usage

Using it is as simple as calling from_human_time with a string slice and the current date and time. Like this:

use human_date_parser::from_human_time;
use chrono::Local;

fn main() {
    let now = Local::now().naive_local();
    let date = from_human_time("Last Friday at 19:45", now).unwrap();
    println!("{date}");
}

The date and time doesn't have to be 'now' specifically. It's used to figure out what a relative statement like "Next Monday" would actually mean, given the date.

You can also use the example to try out a few dates and see what it can and can't parse. Simply run cargo run --example stdin.

Formats

Currently the following kinds of formats are supported:

• Today 18:30
• 2022-11-07 13:25:30
• 15:20 Friday
• This Friday 17:00
• 13:25, Next Tuesday
• Last Friday at 19:45
• In 3 days
• In 2 hours
• 10 hours and 5 minutes ago
• 1 years ago
• A year ago
• A month ago
• A week ago
• A day ago
• An hour ago
• A minute ago
• A second ago
• Now
• Yesterday
• Tomorrow
• Overmorrow

Issues

If you find issues or opportunities for improvement do let me know by creating a issues on this projects GitHub page.