// converts a date/time string to a DateTime object using a GoLang layout
public static DateTime ParseDateTimeGoLang(string date, string layout)
{
date = ParseUtil.NormalizeSpace(date);
var pattern = layout;
// year
pattern = pattern.Replace("2006", "yyyy");
pattern = pattern.Replace("06", "yy");
// month
pattern = pattern.Replace("January", "MMMM");
pattern = pattern.Replace("Jan", "MMM");
pattern = pattern.Replace("01", "MM");
// day
pattern = pattern.Replace("Monday", "dddd");
pattern = pattern.Replace("Mon", "ddd");
pattern = pattern.Replace("02", "dd");
//pattern = pattern.Replace("_2", ""); // space padding not supported nativly by C#?
pattern = pattern.Replace("2", "d");
// hours/minutes/seconds
pattern = pattern.Replace("05", "ss");
pattern = pattern.Replace("15", "HH");
pattern = pattern.Replace("03", "hh");
pattern = pattern.Replace("3", "h");
pattern = pattern.Replace("04", "mm");
pattern = pattern.Replace("4", "m");
pattern = pattern.Replace("5", "s");
// month again
pattern = pattern.Replace("1", "M");
// fractional seconds
pattern = pattern.Replace(".0000", "ffff");
pattern = pattern.Replace(".000", "fff");
pattern = pattern.Replace(".00", "ff");
pattern = pattern.Replace(".0", "f");
pattern = pattern.Replace(".9999", "FFFF");
pattern = pattern.Replace(".999", "FFF");
pattern = pattern.Replace(".99", "FF");
pattern = pattern.Replace(".9", "F");
// AM/PM
pattern = pattern.Replace("PM", "tt");
pattern = pattern.Replace("pm", "tt"); // not sure if this works
// timezones
// these might need further tuning
//pattern = pattern.Replace("MST", "");
//pattern = pattern.Replace("Z07:00:00", "");
pattern = pattern.Replace("Z07:00", "'Z'zzz");
pattern = pattern.Replace("Z07", "'Z'zz");
//pattern = pattern.Replace("Z070000", "");
//pattern = pattern.Replace("Z0700", "");
pattern = pattern.Replace("Z07:00", "'Z'zzz");
pattern = pattern.Replace("Z07", "'Z'zz");
//pattern = pattern.Replace("-07:00:00", "");
pattern = pattern.Replace("-07:00", "zzz");
//pattern = pattern.Replace("-0700", "zz");
pattern = pattern.Replace("-07", "zz");
try
{
return(DateTime.ParseExact(date, pattern, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
}
catch (FormatException ex)
{
throw new FormatException($"Error while parsing DateTime \"{date}\", using layout \"{layout}\" ({pattern}): {ex.Message}");
}
}
public static DateTime FromUnknown(string str, string format = null)
{
try
{
str = ParseUtil.NormalizeSpace(str);
if (str.ToLower().Contains("now"))
{
return(DateTime.Now);
}
// ... ago
var match = _TimeAgoRegexp.Match(str);
if (match.Success)
{
var timeAgo = str;
return(FromTimeAgo(timeAgo));
}
// Today ...
match = _TodayRegexp.Match(str);
if (match.Success)
{
var time = str.Replace(match.Groups[0].Value, "");
var dt = DateTime.SpecifyKind(DateTime.UtcNow.Date, DateTimeKind.Unspecified);
dt += ParseTimeSpan(time);
return(dt);
}
// Yesterday ...
match = _YesterdayRegexp.Match(str);
if (match.Success)
{
var time = str.Replace(match.Groups[0].Value, "");
var dt = DateTime.SpecifyKind(DateTime.UtcNow.Date, DateTimeKind.Unspecified);
dt += ParseTimeSpan(time);
dt -= TimeSpan.FromDays(1);
return(dt);
}
// Tomorrow ...
match = _TomorrowRegexp.Match(str);
if (match.Success)
{
var time = str.Replace(match.Groups[0].Value, "");
var dt = DateTime.SpecifyKind(DateTime.UtcNow.Date, DateTimeKind.Unspecified);
dt += ParseTimeSpan(time);
dt += TimeSpan.FromDays(1);
return(dt);
}
// [day of the week] at ... (eg: Saturday at 14:22)
match = _DaysOfWeekRegexp.Match(str);
if (match.Success)
{
var time = str.Replace(match.Groups[0].Value, "");
var dt = DateTime.SpecifyKind(DateTime.UtcNow.Date, DateTimeKind.Unspecified);
dt += ParseTimeSpan(time);
DayOfWeek dow;
var groupMatchLower = match.Groups[1].Value.ToLower();
if (groupMatchLower.StartsWith("monday"))
{
dow = DayOfWeek.Monday;
}
else if (groupMatchLower.StartsWith("tuesday"))
{
dow = DayOfWeek.Tuesday;
}
else if (groupMatchLower.StartsWith("wednesday"))
{
dow = DayOfWeek.Wednesday;
}
else if (groupMatchLower.StartsWith("thursday"))
{
dow = DayOfWeek.Thursday;
}
else if (groupMatchLower.StartsWith("friday"))
{
dow = DayOfWeek.Friday;
}
else if (groupMatchLower.StartsWith("saturday"))
{
dow = DayOfWeek.Saturday;
}
else
{
dow = DayOfWeek.Sunday;
}
while (dt.DayOfWeek != dow)
{
dt = dt.AddDays(-1);
}
return(dt);
}
try
{
// try parsing the str as an unix timestamp
var unixTimeStamp = long.Parse(str);
return(UnixTimestampToDateTime(unixTimeStamp));
}
catch (FormatException)
{
// it wasn't a timestamp, continue....
}
// add missing year
match = _MissingYearRegexp.Match(str);
if (match.Success)
{
var date = match.Groups[1].Value;
var newDate = DateTime.Now.Year + "-" + date;
str = str.Replace(date, newDate);
}
// add missing year 2
match = _MissingYearRegexp2.Match(str);
if (match.Success)
{
var date = match.Groups[1].Value;
var time = match.Groups[2].Value;
str = date + " " + DateTime.Now.Year + " " + time;
}
return(FromFuzzyTime(str, format));
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw new Exception($"DateTime parsing failed for \"{str}\": {ex}");
}
}