deep_time/alloc_parse/parse_date.rs
1use crate::{
2 ClassifiedDate, DateClassification, Dt, DtErr, DtErrKind, Lang, Mode, Order, OrderFirst,
3 ParseCfg, STRTIME_SIZE, an_err, classify_date, generate_ambiguous_day_first_candidates,
4 generate_ambiguous_month_first_candidates, generate_ambiguous_year_first_candidates,
5 generate_unambiguous_candidates, parse_pure_numeric_unix_timestamp, parse_syslog_no_year,
6 parse_yyyy_mm, smart_detect_date_order, try_pure_numeric,
7};
8use alloc::borrow::Cow;
9use alloc::string::String;
10
11impl Dt {
12 /// Automatically parses datetime [`str`] into a [`Dt`] by guessing and generating the format. Supports the vast
13 /// majority of date formats.
14 ///
15 /// - Requires the `"parse"` feature (which enables `alloc`).
16 /// - The returned [`Dt`] is internally on the TAI time scale. The `attos` field is an [`i128`] attosecond
17 /// count since TAI 2000-01-01 noon. See
18 /// [`Scale`](../enum.Scale.html)
19 /// for more information.
20 /// - The returned [`Dt`] is **not** in local time, if a timezone is parsed then it's used to find the offset
21 /// to return non-local instant.
22 ///
23 /// ## Parameters
24 ///
25 /// - `s`: The string to parse. Must be non-empty and no longer than [`STRTIME_SIZE`] bytes. Empty strings
26 /// or overly long inputs return an error.
27 /// - `opts`: The [`ParseCfg`] to use. Pass `&ParseCfg::DEFAULT` (or `&ParseCfg::default()`)
28 /// to use the standard smart defaults. You can create a `ParseCfg` once and pass `&cfg`
29 /// on every call for consistent behavior and to avoid repeated construction.
30 ///
31 /// ## Configuration Options
32 ///
33 /// These are the fields of the configuration options struct [`ParseCfg`], their types and defaults.
34 ///
35 /// See [`ParseCfg`] for more information.
36 ///
37 /// | Field | Type and Default | Effect |
38 /// |----------------|----------------------------------|--------|
39 /// | `lang` | [`Lang::En`] | Language, scroll down to see currently supported languages |
40 /// | `order` | [`Order::Smart`] | How to resolve ambiguous numeric dates like `01/02/03` |
41 /// | `mode` | [`Mode::Auto`] | Special handling for purely numeric inputs |
42 /// | `parse` | [`Option<Vec<String>>`] - `None` | An explicit list of formats to try, if the [`Mode`] is Explicit then only these formats are tried |
43 /// | `relative` | [`bool`] - `true` | Enable phrases like "tomorrow", "in 3 days" |
44 /// | `ref_time` | [`Option<Dt>`] - `None` | Reference time for relative dates and syslog-style "no-year" dates |
45 /// | `to_lower` | [`bool`] - `true` | Automatically lowercase the input, **only** set to false if it's already lowercase |
46 ///
47 /// ## Purely Numeric Inputs
48 ///
49 /// When the input consists **only** of digits (and optionally a decimal point),
50 /// the parser uses a fast, mode-aware path before trying any other strategies.
51 /// The exact interpretation depends on the number of digits and the selected `mode`.
52 ///
53 /// | Digits | Example(s) | `Mode` | Interpreted as | Notes |
54 /// |--------|--------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------------------------|-------|
55 /// | 1–4 | `2024`, `24`, `5` | `Auto`/`Legacy` | Year (2-digit uses 2000/1900 pivot) | 1- and 3-digit years only work in `Scientific` |
56 /// | 5 | `24123`, `60400` | `Legacy` | Ordinal date (YYDDD) | — |
57 /// | 5 | `60400`, `60400.75` | `Scientific` | Modified Julian Date (MJD) | Fractional days supported |
58 /// | 5 | `24123`, `60400.75` | `Auto` | Ordinal (non-decimal) or MJD (decimal) | Smart default |
59 /// | 6 | `240315`, `202403` | `Auto` | YYYYMM if plausible year, else YYMMDD | Most common compact form |
60 /// | 6 | `240315` | `Legacy` | YYMMDD preferred | — |
61 /// | 6 | `202403` | `Scientific` | YYYYMM preferred | — |
62 /// | 7 | `2024123` | `Legacy` | Ordinal date (YYYYDDD) | — |
63 /// | 7 | `2460123`, `2460123.5` | `Scientific` | Julian Day (JD) | Fractional days supported |
64 /// | 7 | `2024123` | `Auto` | Ordinal (integer) or JD (decimal) | Smart default |
65 /// | 10–11 | `1735689600` | any | Unix seconds | — |
66 /// | 12–15 | `1735689600123` | any | Unix milliseconds | Most common high-precision case |
67 /// | 16–18 | `1735689600123456` | any | Unix microseconds | — |
68 /// | 19+ | `1735689600123456789` | any | Unix nanoseconds | Full precision |
69 ///
70 /// Use `Mode::UnixTimestamp` when you know the input is always a Unix timestamp.
71 ///
72 /// ## Ambiguous Numeric Dates
73 ///
74 /// Dates where the components could map to different orders (e.g. `01/02/03`,
75 /// `3-4-5`, `15.03.24`, `2024.03.15`) are resolved via the `order` field:
76 ///
77 /// - **`Order::Smart`** (default) — Applies the fast heuristic described in [`Order::Smart`].
78 /// It strongly prefers modern/tech conventions (Year-first for compact/ISO-like data)
79 /// while handling the majority of international and US-style dates.
80 ///
81 /// - **`Order::Year`**, **`Order::Day`**, or **`Order::Month`** prefer that
82 /// order first, then try the other two (same fallback chains as Smart).
83 ///
84 /// ## Supported Formats
85 ///
86 /// The parser tokenizes known words (month/day names, relative phrases, timezones, etc.), generates candidate
87 /// formats from the token pattern, and tries them until one matches. Thousands of layouts are supported.
88 ///
89 /// Separators generally don't matter, they could be spaces, slashes, or hyphens, but **not colons** - colons are
90 /// reserved for the time connector, times, and offsets.
91 ///
92 /// Generally speaking the date part must come first, and stuff like time components, offsets and iana timezone names
93 /// must come afterwards.
94 ///
95 /// - **ISO 8601** and variants: `2024-03-15`, `2024-03-15T14:30:00Z`, `2024-03-15T14:30:00+01:00[Europe/Paris]`
96 /// - **Named dates** (in supported languages): `15 March 2024`, `15 mars 2024`, `15. März 2024`, `15 de marzo de 2024`
97 /// - **Week dates**: `2024-W15`, `2024-W15-3`, `2024W15` (missing weekday defaults to Monday)
98 /// - **Syslog-style** (no year): `Mar 5 10:23:45` (year inferred from `ref_time`)
99 /// - **Relative expressions**: `tomorrow`, `in 3 days`, `2 weeks ago`
100 /// - **12-hour time**: `2:30 PM`, `14:30:45.123`
101 /// - **Offsets and timezones**: `+0100`, `-05:30`, `Z`, IANA timezone names (with the `jiff-tz` feature enabled)
102 /// - **Library time scales**: `TAI`, `TT`, etc. are detected and parsed, must come after the date part of the input
103 ///
104 /// Relative dates are also automatically supported, except for bare numbers with no colons like `0900`, as these
105 /// are differently interpreted.
106 ///
107 /// ## Examples
108 ///
109 /// ```rust
110 /// use deep_time::{Dt, ParseCfg, Order, Mode, Scale};
111 ///
112 /// // Default smart parsing
113 /// let dt = Dt::from_str_parse("2024-03-15 14:30:00", &ParseCfg::DEFAULT).unwrap();
114 ///
115 /// // German named date (requires the `de` feature)
116 /// # #[cfg(feature = "de")]
117 /// # {
118 /// # use deep_time::Lang;
119 /// let cfg = ParseCfg { lang: Lang::De, ..Default::default() };
120 /// let dt = Dt::from_str_parse("15. März 2024 um 14:30", &cfg).unwrap();
121 /// # }
122 ///
123 /// // Pure numeric compact form
124 /// let dt = Dt::from_str_parse("20240315", &ParseCfg::DEFAULT).unwrap(); // March 15, 2024
125 ///
126 /// // Unix timestamp (milliseconds)
127 /// let cfg = ParseCfg { mode: Mode::UnixTimestamp, ..Default::default() };
128 /// let dt = Dt::from_str_parse("1735689600123", &cfg).unwrap();
129 ///
130 /// // Explicit formats only (no fallback)
131 /// let cfg = ParseCfg {
132 /// parse: Some(vec!["%d/%m/%Y".into(), "%Y-%m-%d".into()]),
133 /// mode: Mode::Explicit,
134 /// ..Default::default()
135 /// };
136 /// let dt = Dt::from_str_parse("15/03/2024", &cfg).unwrap();
137 ///
138 /// // Relative dates — build config once, borrow repeatedly
139 /// let ref_time = Dt::from_ymd(2026, 6, 16, Scale::UTC, 12, 0, 0, 0);
140 /// let cfg = ParseCfg {
141 /// ref_time: Some(ref_time),
142 /// ..Default::default()
143 /// };
144 /// let dt = Dt::from_str_parse("next Monday at 14:00", &cfg).unwrap();
145 ///
146 /// assert_eq!(dt, Dt::from_ymd(2026, 6, 22, Scale::UTC, 14, 0, 0, 0));
147 /// ```
148 ///
149 /// ## Notes
150 ///
151 /// - The `Smart` + `Auto` combination gives the best real-world success rate for mixed data.
152 /// - Relative expressions and syslog-style no-year dates need a reference time. If `ref_time` is `None`
153 /// and the `std` feature is enabled, system time is used; without `std`, set `ref_time` explicitly or
154 /// parsing will fail.
155 /// - All successfully parsed [`Dt`] values are stored with attosecond precision on the internal
156 /// TAI timescale.
157 /// - Timezone handling (IANA names and fixed offsets) is fully supported when the `jiff-tz` feature
158 /// is enabled.
159 ///
160 /// ## Supported Languages:
161 ///
162 /// Language support here basically means supporting abbreviated and full day and month names.
163 /// Non-Ascii types of numeric characters are also supported such as full width digits.
164 ///
165 /// Some day/month names in non-English languages are not supported due to clashes, any such missing
166 /// support is noted below.
167 ///
168 /// - En
169 /// - De
170 /// - Won't parse "t" as short form for day.
171 /// - Es
172 /// - English word "ago" won't be detected as relative date word.
173 /// - Won't parse "mar" as tuesday, will instead parse as march.
174 /// - Fr
175 /// - Won't parse "mar" as tuesday, will instead parse as march.
176 ///
177 /// ## See also
178 ///
179 /// - [`ParseCfg`]
180 /// - [`Order`]
181 /// - [`Mode`]
182 /// - [`Lang`]
183 /// - [`Dt`](../struct.Dt.html)
184 /// - [`Dt::from_str`](../struct.Dt.html#method.from_str)
185 pub fn from_str_parse(s: &str, opts: &ParseCfg) -> Result<Dt, DtErr> {
186 if s.is_empty() {
187 return Err(an_err!(DtErrKind::Empty));
188 } else if s.len() > STRTIME_SIZE {
189 return Err(an_err!(DtErrKind::InvalidLen));
190 }
191
192 let lang: Lang = opts.lang;
193 let ref_time = &opts.ref_time;
194
195 let lowered: Cow<str> = if opts.to_lower {
196 Cow::Owned(s.to_lowercase())
197 } else {
198 Cow::Borrowed(s)
199 };
200
201 let classification = match classify_date(&lowered, lang, ref_time, opts.relative) {
202 Ok(ClassifiedDate::Parsed(time_point)) => return Ok(time_point),
203 Ok(ClassifiedDate::Cls(c)) => c,
204 Err(e) => {
205 // std::eprintln!("{}", e);
206 return Err(an_err!(" {}", s => e));
207 }
208 };
209
210 // eprintln!("{:?}", classification);
211
212 // let xx = &classification.date;
213 // if xx != trimmed {
214 // eprintln!("NOT EQUAL: {:?}, {:?}", trimmed, xx);
215 // }
216 // eprintln!("BEFORE & AFTER: {:?}, {:?}", lowered, &classification.date);
217
218 let normalized = &classification.date;
219
220 let (mode, date_order) = if let Some(formats) = &opts.parse {
221 if !formats.is_empty() {
222 for fmt in formats {
223 if let Ok(value) = Self::from_strptime(normalized, fmt, true, true, false) {
224 return Ok(value);
225 }
226 }
227 // None of the provided formats worked and mode is Explicit
228 if opts.mode == Mode::Explicit {
229 return Err(an_err!(DtErrKind::InvalidInput, "{}", s));
230 }
231 }
232 (opts.mode, opts.order)
233 } else {
234 (opts.mode, opts.order)
235 };
236
237 // if s == "on the 5th of april 2024 at 00:00am" {
238 // std::eprintln!("{:?}", classification);
239 // }
240 // std::eprintln!("{:?}", classification);
241
242 if classification.is_pure_numeric {
243 match mode {
244 Mode::UnixTimestamp => {
245 if let Some(dt) = parse_pure_numeric_unix_timestamp(
246 normalized,
247 classification.num_non_decimal_digits as usize,
248 ) {
249 return Ok(dt);
250 }
251 }
252 _ => {
253 if let Some(dt) = try_pure_numeric(
254 normalized,
255 classification.num_digits,
256 classification.num_non_decimal_digits,
257 classification.is_decimal,
258 mode,
259 ) {
260 // std::eprintln!("NUMERIC INPUT SUCCESS: {:?}", s);
261 return Ok(dt);
262 }
263 }
264 }
265 }
266 if !classification.has_year
267 && let Some(dt) = parse_syslog_no_year(normalized, lang, ref_time)
268 {
269 return Ok(dt);
270 }
271 if let Some(dt) = match date_order {
272 Order::Smart => {
273 let order = smart_detect_date_order(normalized, &classification);
274 let mut result: Option<Dt>;
275
276 match order {
277 OrderFirst::Day => {
278 result = try_compatible_formats(
279 normalized,
280 generate_ambiguous_day_first_candidates(&classification),
281 );
282 // std::eprintln!("done trying day first: {:?}", result);
283
284 if result.is_none() {
285 result = try_compatible_formats(
286 normalized,
287 generate_ambiguous_month_first_candidates(&classification),
288 );
289 // std::eprintln!("done trying month first: {:?}", result);
290 }
291
292 if result.is_none() {
293 result = try_compatible_formats(
294 normalized,
295 generate_ambiguous_year_first_candidates(&classification),
296 );
297 // std::eprintln!("done trying year first: {:?}", result);
298 }
299 }
300 OrderFirst::Month => {
301 result = try_compatible_formats(
302 normalized,
303 generate_ambiguous_month_first_candidates(&classification),
304 );
305 // std::eprintln!("done trying month first: {:?}", result);
306
307 if result.is_none() {
308 result = try_compatible_formats(
309 normalized,
310 generate_ambiguous_day_first_candidates(&classification),
311 );
312 // std::eprintln!("done trying day first: {:?}", result);
313 }
314
315 if result.is_none() {
316 result = try_compatible_formats(
317 normalized,
318 generate_ambiguous_year_first_candidates(&classification),
319 );
320 // std::eprintln!("done trying year first: {:?}", result);
321 }
322 }
323 OrderFirst::Year => {
324 result = try_compatible_formats(
325 normalized,
326 generate_ambiguous_year_first_candidates(&classification),
327 );
328 // std::eprintln!("done trying year first: {:?}", result);
329
330 if result.is_none() {
331 result = try_compatible_formats(
332 normalized,
333 generate_ambiguous_day_first_candidates(&classification),
334 );
335 // std::eprintln!("done trying day first: {:?}", result);
336 }
337
338 if result.is_none() {
339 result = try_compatible_formats(
340 normalized,
341 generate_ambiguous_month_first_candidates(&classification),
342 );
343 // std::eprintln!("done trying month first: {:?}", result);
344 }
345 }
346 }
347
348 result
349 }
350 // Preferred order first, then the other two (same chains as Smart).
351 // try_unambiguous stays last, after this whole match.
352 Order::Year => {
353 let mut result = try_compatible_formats(
354 normalized,
355 generate_ambiguous_year_first_candidates(&classification),
356 );
357 if result.is_none() {
358 result = try_compatible_formats(
359 normalized,
360 generate_ambiguous_day_first_candidates(&classification),
361 );
362 }
363 if result.is_none() {
364 result = try_compatible_formats(
365 normalized,
366 generate_ambiguous_month_first_candidates(&classification),
367 );
368 }
369 result
370 }
371 Order::Day => {
372 let mut result = try_compatible_formats(
373 normalized,
374 generate_ambiguous_day_first_candidates(&classification),
375 );
376 if result.is_none() {
377 result = try_compatible_formats(
378 normalized,
379 generate_ambiguous_month_first_candidates(&classification),
380 );
381 }
382 if result.is_none() {
383 result = try_compatible_formats(
384 normalized,
385 generate_ambiguous_year_first_candidates(&classification),
386 );
387 }
388 result
389 }
390 Order::Month => {
391 let mut result = try_compatible_formats(
392 normalized,
393 generate_ambiguous_month_first_candidates(&classification),
394 );
395 if result.is_none() {
396 result = try_compatible_formats(
397 normalized,
398 generate_ambiguous_day_first_candidates(&classification),
399 );
400 }
401 if result.is_none() {
402 result = try_compatible_formats(
403 normalized,
404 generate_ambiguous_year_first_candidates(&classification),
405 );
406 }
407 result
408 }
409 } {
410 return Ok(dt);
411 }
412 if let Some(dt) = try_unambiguous(normalized, &classification) {
413 return Ok(dt);
414 }
415 // std::eprintln!("NOW trying numeric timestamp");
416 if classification.is_pure_numeric
417 && mode != Mode::UnixTimestamp
418 && let Some(dt) = parse_pure_numeric_unix_timestamp(
419 normalized,
420 classification.num_non_decimal_digits as usize,
421 )
422 {
423 return Ok(dt);
424 }
425 Err(an_err!(DtErrKind::InvalidInput, "{}", s))
426 }
427
428 /// Same parsing logic as [`Dt::from_str_parse`](../struct.Dt.html#method.from_str_parse),
429 /// but returns attoseconds since the library epoch: 2000-01-01 12:00:00 UTC
430 /// (on the UTC scale).
431 ///
432 /// Returns `Some(attos)` on success (negative for pre-2000 dates) or `None`
433 /// on any parse error.
434 #[inline]
435 pub fn str_to_attos(s: &str, opts: &ParseCfg) -> Option<i128> {
436 Dt::from_str_parse(s, opts).ok().map(|dt| dt.to_attos())
437 }
438
439 /// Same parsing logic as [`Dt::from_str_parse`](../struct.Dt.html#method.from_str_parse),
440 /// but returns milliseconds since the library epoch: 2000-01-01 12:00:00 UTC
441 /// (on the UTC scale).
442 ///
443 /// Returns `Some(millis)` on success (negative for pre-2000 dates) or `None`
444 /// on any parse error.
445 #[inline]
446 pub fn str_to_ms(s: &str, opts: &ParseCfg) -> Option<i128> {
447 Dt::from_str_parse(s, opts).ok().map(|dt| dt.to_ms().0)
448 }
449
450 /// Same parsing logic as [`Dt::from_str_parse`](../struct.Dt.html#method.from_str_parse),
451 /// but returns nanoseconds since the library epoch: 2000-01-01 12:00:00 UTC
452 /// (on the UTC scale).
453 ///
454 /// Returns `Some(nanos)` on success (negative for pre-2000 dates) or `None`
455 /// on any parse error.
456 #[inline]
457 pub fn str_to_ns(s: &str, opts: &ParseCfg) -> Option<i128> {
458 Dt::from_str_parse(s, opts).ok().map(|dt| dt.to_ns().0)
459 }
460
461 /// Same parsing logic as [`Dt::from_str_parse`](../struct.Dt.html#method.from_str_parse),
462 /// but returns milliseconds since the UNIX epoch: (1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC).
463 ///
464 /// Returns `Some(millis)` on success (negative for pre-2000 dates) or `None`
465 /// on any parse error.
466 #[inline]
467 pub fn str_to_unix_ms(s: &str, opts: &ParseCfg) -> Option<i128> {
468 Dt::from_str_parse(s, opts)
469 .ok()
470 .map(|dt| dt.to_scale_and_diff(Dt::UNIX_EPOCH, false).to_ms().0)
471 }
472
473 /// Same parsing logic as [`Dt::from_str_parse`](../struct.Dt.html#method.from_str_parse),
474 /// but returns nanoseconds since the UNIX epoch: (1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC).
475 ///
476 /// Returns `Some(nanos)` on success (negative for pre-2000 dates) or `None`
477 /// on any parse error.
478 #[inline]
479 pub fn str_to_unix_ns(s: &str, opts: &ParseCfg) -> Option<i128> {
480 Dt::from_str_parse(s, opts)
481 .ok()
482 .map(|dt| dt.to_scale_and_diff(Dt::UNIX_EPOCH, false).to_ns().0)
483 }
484}
485
486/// Core zero-allocation helper (updated to match the new `&str` signature).
487///
488/// The `fmt` we get from the iterator is still `'static`, but it coerces automatically
489/// to `&str`, so everything continues to work.
490#[inline]
491pub(crate) fn try_compatible_formats<I>(s: &str, formats: I) -> Option<Dt>
492where
493 I: IntoIterator<Item = String>,
494{
495 // let mut dt = None;
496
497 // for fmt in formats.into_iter() {
498 // eprintln!("TRYING FMT: {}", fmt);
499 // dt = match Dt::from_strptime(s, &fmt, true, true, true) {
500 // Ok(parsed) => Some(parsed),
501 // Err(e) => {
502 // eprintln!(" FAILED with: {:?}", e);
503 // continue;
504 // }
505 // };
506 // if dt.is_some() {
507 // break;
508 // }
509 // // === DEBUG ===
510 // // eprintln!("Tried format: {:?}", fmt);
511 // }
512
513 // dt
514 formats
515 .into_iter()
516 .find_map(|fmt| Dt::from_strptime(s, &fmt, true, true, true).ok())
517}
518
519#[inline]
520pub(crate) fn try_unambiguous(s: &str, classification: &DateClassification) -> Option<Dt> {
521 if matches!(classification.bytes_len, 6..=8)
522 && let Some(dt) = parse_yyyy_mm(s.as_bytes())
523 {
524 return Some(dt);
525 }
526 try_compatible_formats(s, generate_unambiguous_candidates(classification))
527}