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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). Partial dates (`%Y`, `%Y-%m`)
131    /// // default missing month/day to 1.
132    /// let cfg = ParseCfg {
133    ///     parse: Some(vec!["%d/%m/%Y".into(), "%Y-%m-%d".into(), "%Y".into()]),
134    ///     mode: Mode::Explicit,
135    ///     ..Default::default()
136    /// };
137    /// let dt = Dt::from_str_parse("15/03/2024", &cfg).unwrap();
138    /// let yr = Dt::from_str_parse("2024", &cfg).unwrap();
139    /// assert_eq!(yr, Dt::from_ymd(2024, 1, 1, Scale::UTC, 0, 0, 0, 0));
140    ///
141    /// // Relative dates — build config once, borrow repeatedly
142    /// let ref_time = Dt::from_ymd(2026, 6, 16, Scale::UTC, 12, 0, 0, 0);
143    /// let cfg = ParseCfg {
144    ///     ref_time: Some(ref_time),
145    ///     ..Default::default()
146    /// };
147    /// let dt = Dt::from_str_parse("next Monday at 14:00", &cfg).unwrap();
148    ///
149    /// assert_eq!(dt, Dt::from_ymd(2026, 6, 22, Scale::UTC, 14, 0, 0, 0));
150    /// ```
151    ///
152    /// ## Notes
153    ///
154    /// - The `Smart` + `Auto` combination gives the best real-world success rate for mixed data.
155    /// - Relative expressions and syslog-style no-year dates need a reference time. If `ref_time` is `None`
156    ///   and the `std` feature is enabled, system time is used; without `std`, set `ref_time` explicitly or
157    ///   parsing will fail.
158    /// - All successfully parsed [`Dt`] values are stored with attosecond precision on the internal
159    ///   TAI timescale.
160    /// - Timezone handling (IANA names and fixed offsets) is fully supported when the `jiff-tz` feature
161    ///   is enabled.
162    ///
163    /// ## Supported Languages:
164    ///
165    /// Language support here basically means supporting abbreviated and full day and month names.
166    /// Non-Ascii types of numeric characters are also supported such as full width digits.
167    ///
168    /// Some day/month names in non-English languages are not supported due to clashes, any such missing
169    /// support is noted below.
170    ///
171    /// - En
172    /// - De
173    ///     - Won't parse "t" as short form for day.
174    /// - Es
175    ///     - English word "ago" won't be detected as relative date word.
176    ///     - Won't parse "mar" as tuesday, will instead parse as march.
177    /// - Fr
178    ///     - Won't parse "mar" as tuesday, will instead parse as march.
179    ///
180    /// ## See also
181    ///
182    /// - [`ParseCfg`]
183    /// - [`Order`]
184    /// - [`Mode`]
185    /// - [`Lang`]
186    /// - [`Dt`](../struct.Dt.html)
187    /// - [`Dt::from_str`](../struct.Dt.html#method.from_str)
188    pub fn from_str_parse(s: &str, opts: &ParseCfg) -> Result<Dt, DtErr> {
189        if s.is_empty() {
190            return Err(an_err!(DtErrKind::Empty));
191        } else if s.len() > STRTIME_SIZE {
192            return Err(an_err!(DtErrKind::InvalidLen));
193        }
194
195        let lang: Lang = opts.lang;
196        let ref_time = &opts.ref_time;
197
198        let lowered: Cow<str> = if opts.to_lower {
199            Cow::Owned(s.to_lowercase())
200        } else {
201            Cow::Borrowed(s)
202        };
203
204        let classification = match classify_date(&lowered, lang, ref_time, opts.relative) {
205            Ok(ClassifiedDate::Parsed(time_point)) => return Ok(time_point),
206            Ok(ClassifiedDate::Cls(c)) => c,
207            Err(e) => {
208                // std::eprintln!("{}", e);
209                return Err(an_err!(" {}", s => e));
210            }
211        };
212
213        // eprintln!("{:?}", classification);
214
215        // let xx = &classification.date;
216        // if xx != trimmed {
217        //     eprintln!("NOT EQUAL: {:?}, {:?}", trimmed, xx);
218        // }
219        // eprintln!("BEFORE & AFTER: {:?}, {:?}", lowered, &classification.date);
220
221        let normalized = &classification.date;
222
223        let (mode, date_order) = if let Some(formats) = &opts.parse {
224            if !formats.is_empty() {
225                for fmt in formats {
226                    // `allow_partial_date = true`: formats that omit month/day
227                    // (e.g. `%Y`, `%Y-%m`, `%y`) default the missing fields to 1
228                    // via [`Parts::finish`]. Matches `try_compatible_formats`.
229                    // Without this, Explicit `%Y` on `"2024"` fails with Incomplete.
230                    if let Ok(value) = Self::from_strptime(normalized, fmt, true, true, true) {
231                        return Ok(value);
232                    }
233                }
234                // None of the provided formats worked and mode is Explicit
235                if opts.mode == Mode::Explicit {
236                    return Err(an_err!(DtErrKind::InvalidInput, "{}", s));
237                }
238            }
239            (opts.mode, opts.order)
240        } else {
241            (opts.mode, opts.order)
242        };
243
244        // if s == "on the 5th of april 2024 at 00:00am" {
245        //     std::eprintln!("{:?}", classification);
246        // }
247        // std::eprintln!("{:?}", classification);
248
249        if classification.is_pure_numeric {
250            match mode {
251                Mode::UnixTimestamp => {
252                    if let Some(dt) = parse_pure_numeric_unix_timestamp(
253                        normalized,
254                        classification.num_non_decimal_digits as usize,
255                    ) {
256                        return Ok(dt);
257                    }
258                }
259                _ => {
260                    if let Some(dt) = try_pure_numeric(
261                        normalized,
262                        classification.num_digits,
263                        classification.num_non_decimal_digits,
264                        classification.is_decimal,
265                        mode,
266                    ) {
267                        // std::eprintln!("NUMERIC INPUT SUCCESS: {:?}", s);
268                        return Ok(dt);
269                    }
270                }
271            }
272        }
273        if !classification.has_year
274            && let Some(dt) = parse_syslog_no_year(normalized, lang, ref_time)
275        {
276            return Ok(dt);
277        }
278        if let Some(dt) = match date_order {
279            Order::Smart => {
280                let order = smart_detect_date_order(normalized, &classification);
281                let mut result: Option<Dt>;
282
283                match order {
284                    OrderFirst::Day => {
285                        result = try_compatible_formats(
286                            normalized,
287                            generate_ambiguous_day_first_candidates(&classification),
288                        );
289                        // std::eprintln!("done trying day first: {:?}", result);
290
291                        if result.is_none() {
292                            result = try_compatible_formats(
293                                normalized,
294                                generate_ambiguous_month_first_candidates(&classification),
295                            );
296                            // std::eprintln!("done trying month first: {:?}", result);
297                        }
298
299                        if result.is_none() {
300                            result = try_compatible_formats(
301                                normalized,
302                                generate_ambiguous_year_first_candidates(&classification),
303                            );
304                            // std::eprintln!("done trying year first: {:?}", result);
305                        }
306                    }
307                    OrderFirst::Month => {
308                        result = try_compatible_formats(
309                            normalized,
310                            generate_ambiguous_month_first_candidates(&classification),
311                        );
312                        // std::eprintln!("done trying month first: {:?}", result);
313
314                        if result.is_none() {
315                            result = try_compatible_formats(
316                                normalized,
317                                generate_ambiguous_day_first_candidates(&classification),
318                            );
319                            // std::eprintln!("done trying day first: {:?}", result);
320                        }
321
322                        if result.is_none() {
323                            result = try_compatible_formats(
324                                normalized,
325                                generate_ambiguous_year_first_candidates(&classification),
326                            );
327                            // std::eprintln!("done trying year first: {:?}", result);
328                        }
329                    }
330                    OrderFirst::Year => {
331                        result = try_compatible_formats(
332                            normalized,
333                            generate_ambiguous_year_first_candidates(&classification),
334                        );
335                        // std::eprintln!("done trying year first: {:?}", result);
336
337                        if result.is_none() {
338                            result = try_compatible_formats(
339                                normalized,
340                                generate_ambiguous_day_first_candidates(&classification),
341                            );
342                            // std::eprintln!("done trying day first: {:?}", result);
343                        }
344
345                        if result.is_none() {
346                            result = try_compatible_formats(
347                                normalized,
348                                generate_ambiguous_month_first_candidates(&classification),
349                            );
350                            // std::eprintln!("done trying month first: {:?}", result);
351                        }
352                    }
353                }
354
355                result
356            }
357            // Preferred order first, then the other two (same chains as Smart).
358            // try_unambiguous stays last, after this whole match.
359            Order::Year => {
360                let mut result = try_compatible_formats(
361                    normalized,
362                    generate_ambiguous_year_first_candidates(&classification),
363                );
364                if result.is_none() {
365                    result = try_compatible_formats(
366                        normalized,
367                        generate_ambiguous_day_first_candidates(&classification),
368                    );
369                }
370                if result.is_none() {
371                    result = try_compatible_formats(
372                        normalized,
373                        generate_ambiguous_month_first_candidates(&classification),
374                    );
375                }
376                result
377            }
378            Order::Day => {
379                let mut result = try_compatible_formats(
380                    normalized,
381                    generate_ambiguous_day_first_candidates(&classification),
382                );
383                if result.is_none() {
384                    result = try_compatible_formats(
385                        normalized,
386                        generate_ambiguous_month_first_candidates(&classification),
387                    );
388                }
389                if result.is_none() {
390                    result = try_compatible_formats(
391                        normalized,
392                        generate_ambiguous_year_first_candidates(&classification),
393                    );
394                }
395                result
396            }
397            Order::Month => {
398                let mut result = try_compatible_formats(
399                    normalized,
400                    generate_ambiguous_month_first_candidates(&classification),
401                );
402                if result.is_none() {
403                    result = try_compatible_formats(
404                        normalized,
405                        generate_ambiguous_day_first_candidates(&classification),
406                    );
407                }
408                if result.is_none() {
409                    result = try_compatible_formats(
410                        normalized,
411                        generate_ambiguous_year_first_candidates(&classification),
412                    );
413                }
414                result
415            }
416        } {
417            return Ok(dt);
418        }
419        if let Some(dt) = try_unambiguous(normalized, &classification) {
420            return Ok(dt);
421        }
422        // std::eprintln!("NOW trying numeric timestamp");
423        if classification.is_pure_numeric
424            && mode != Mode::UnixTimestamp
425            && let Some(dt) = parse_pure_numeric_unix_timestamp(
426                normalized,
427                classification.num_non_decimal_digits as usize,
428            )
429        {
430            return Ok(dt);
431        }
432        Err(an_err!(DtErrKind::InvalidInput, "{}", s))
433    }
434
435    /// Same parsing logic as [`Dt::from_str_parse`](../struct.Dt.html#method.from_str_parse),
436    /// but returns attoseconds since the library epoch: 2000-01-01 12:00:00 UTC
437    /// (on the UTC scale).
438    ///
439    /// Returns `Some(attos)` on success (negative for pre-2000 dates) or `None`
440    /// on any parse error.
441    #[inline]
442    pub fn str_to_attos(s: &str, opts: &ParseCfg) -> Option<i128> {
443        Dt::from_str_parse(s, opts).ok().map(|dt| dt.to_attos())
444    }
445
446    /// Same parsing logic as [`Dt::from_str_parse`](../struct.Dt.html#method.from_str_parse),
447    /// but returns milliseconds since the library epoch: 2000-01-01 12:00:00 UTC
448    /// (on the UTC scale).
449    ///
450    /// Returns `Some(millis)` on success (negative for pre-2000 dates) or `None`
451    /// on any parse error.
452    #[inline]
453    pub fn str_to_ms(s: &str, opts: &ParseCfg) -> Option<i128> {
454        Dt::from_str_parse(s, opts).ok().map(|dt| dt.to_ms().0)
455    }
456
457    /// Same parsing logic as [`Dt::from_str_parse`](../struct.Dt.html#method.from_str_parse),
458    /// but returns nanoseconds since the library epoch: 2000-01-01 12:00:00 UTC
459    /// (on the UTC scale).
460    ///
461    /// Returns `Some(nanos)` on success (negative for pre-2000 dates) or `None`
462    /// on any parse error.
463    #[inline]
464    pub fn str_to_ns(s: &str, opts: &ParseCfg) -> Option<i128> {
465        Dt::from_str_parse(s, opts).ok().map(|dt| dt.to_ns().0)
466    }
467
468    /// Same parsing logic as [`Dt::from_str_parse`](../struct.Dt.html#method.from_str_parse),
469    /// but returns milliseconds since the UNIX epoch: (1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC).
470    ///
471    /// Returns `Some(millis)` on success (negative for pre-2000 dates) or `None`
472    /// on any parse error.
473    #[inline]
474    pub fn str_to_unix_ms(s: &str, opts: &ParseCfg) -> Option<i128> {
475        Dt::from_str_parse(s, opts)
476            .ok()
477            .map(|dt| dt.to_scale_and_diff(Dt::UNIX_EPOCH, false).to_ms().0)
478    }
479
480    /// Same parsing logic as [`Dt::from_str_parse`](../struct.Dt.html#method.from_str_parse),
481    /// but returns nanoseconds since the UNIX epoch: (1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC).
482    ///
483    /// Returns `Some(nanos)` on success (negative for pre-2000 dates) or `None`
484    /// on any parse error.
485    #[inline]
486    pub fn str_to_unix_ns(s: &str, opts: &ParseCfg) -> Option<i128> {
487        Dt::from_str_parse(s, opts)
488            .ok()
489            .map(|dt| dt.to_scale_and_diff(Dt::UNIX_EPOCH, false).to_ns().0)
490    }
491}
492
493/// Core zero-allocation helper (updated to match the new `&str` signature).
494///
495/// The `fmt` we get from the iterator is still `'static`, but it coerces automatically
496/// to `&str`, so everything continues to work.
497#[inline]
498pub(crate) fn try_compatible_formats<I>(s: &str, formats: I) -> Option<Dt>
499where
500    I: IntoIterator<Item = String>,
501{
502    // let mut dt = None;
503
504    // for fmt in formats.into_iter() {
505    //     eprintln!("TRYING FMT: {}", fmt);
506    //     dt = match Dt::from_strptime(s, &fmt, true, true, true) {
507    //         Ok(parsed) => Some(parsed),
508    //         Err(e) => {
509    //             eprintln!("  FAILED with: {:?}", e);
510    //             continue;
511    //         }
512    //     };
513    //     if dt.is_some() {
514    //         break;
515    //     }
516    //     // === DEBUG ===
517    //     // eprintln!("Tried format: {:?}", fmt);
518    // }
519
520    // dt
521    formats
522        .into_iter()
523        .find_map(|fmt| Dt::from_strptime(s, &fmt, true, true, true).ok())
524}
525
526#[inline]
527pub(crate) fn try_unambiguous(s: &str, classification: &DateClassification) -> Option<Dt> {
528    if matches!(classification.bytes_len, 6..=8)
529        && let Some(dt) = parse_yyyy_mm(s.as_bytes())
530    {
531        return Some(dt);
532    }
533    try_compatible_formats(s, generate_unambiguous_candidates(classification))
534}