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Issues with Chandler's parsing of dates

It's very helpful to have a detailed list of phrases that date parsing has done the wrong thing for. Please add your examples to the list.

Tracebacks

  • Version 3.1

False positives (treated as a date when it shouldn't be)

  • Any word whose first three letters are the same as the first three letters of the names of the days of the week
    • Look at the sun
    • Plan wedding
    • Check when Saturn will be visible
    • Create the montage
  • Any word whose first three letters are the same as the first three letters of the names of the 12 months
    • Prepare for the long march
    • Decide what to do
    • Take junk to dump
    • research Augustine

False negatives (not seen as a date)

-- JeffreyHarris - 16 May 2008

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