Date Parser
Read a date out of any text
Paste anything that looks like a date and see what it resolves to — and, more usefully, why: which format matched, what was assumed, and what else it could have been.
Questions people ask
The things that come up about date parsers, answered plainly.
Is 03/04/2024 March or April?
It depends where it was written — April 3rd in Britain and India, March 4th in the United States. The parser flags the ambiguity and lets you set day-first or month-first rather than guessing silently.
What formats does it accept?
ISO 8601 in all its forms, SQL datetimes, RFC 2822 and HTTP dates, slash and dot dates, dates with spelled-out months, hex, bare times, and relative phrases like 'next friday' or '5 days ago'.
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