Re: [Boost-users] [date_time] extract date from string using a list of patterns

From: Roman Neuhauser (neuhauser_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-06-28 17:07:34

# jason_at_[hidden] / 2006-06-28 11:08:37 -0400:
> Roman Neuhauser wrote:
> > # bgneal_at_[hidden] / 2006-06-27 15:38:06 -0500:
> >>> Thats why I was looking into it this way, I was hoping not to have to
> >>> create my own parser.  I'm actually kinda of surprised that there isn't
> >>> a open source natural language date string parser out there already.
> >> GNU date is such a library. In PHP, there is the strtotime() function,
> >> which I believe uses GNU date C code to parse stuff like what you
> >> list. It accepts a bewildering variety of strings like "now", "last
> >> Monday", "10 September 2004", "10 Sep 2004", "+1 week 2 days 3
> >> seconds", etc. I can't find a GNU link for you though.
> > 
> >     http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_mono/coreutils.html#Date-input-formats
> > 
> 
> This seems to be EXACTLY what I need.  The thing is this document seems 
> to talk about the GNU date program... which uses the get_date c 
> function.  After some searching I've found 0 documentation on that 
> function and whatever library it exists in.

    I managed to dig up this:

    http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/coreutils/lib/getdate.h?root=coreutils&view=markup
    http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/coreutils/lib/getdate.y?root=coreutils&view=markup

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