public List <DateTime> Dates()
{
var regex = RegularExpressions.ClinicLetterDate();
List <Match> matches = new List <Match>();
var result = regex.Match(_inputText);
while (result.Success)
{
matches.Add(result);
result = result.NextMatch();
}
var stringDates = matches.Select(m => m.ToString()
.Trim()
.Split(":")
.Last()
.TrimStart()
.ToString()
.Replace("Clinic date", "")
.Replace("clinic date", "")
.Replace("Date of Clinic", "")
.Replace("Date of clinic", "")
.Replace("---", "")
.Replace("tth", "")
.Replace("nd", "")
.Replace("st", "")
.Replace("rd", "")
.Replace("Augu", "Aug")
.Replace("th", "")
.Trim())
.Where(e => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(e));
var dates = stringDates.Where(date =>
{
try
{
DateTime dt;
DateTime.TryParse(date, out dt);
return(dt.Year != 1);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
return(false);
}
})
.ToList();
return(dates.Select(m => DateTime.Parse(m)).ToList());
}