Textlib.py (https://git.wikimedia.org/blob/pywikibot%2Fcore.git/HEAD/pywikibot%2Ftextlib.py) is used to parse wikitext and then output machine readable objects. It currently contains some functionality to parse time and date.
See https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Underlying_lk/harvest_template_old.py for more expanded functionality.
Version: core-(2.0)
Severity: enhancement
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | Feature | None | T57004 claimit.py sample: add options for entry of time values | ||
| Resolved | Feature | matej_suchanek | T66503 Add datatype time to harvest_template.py for importing dates | ||
| Open | Feature | None | T66502 Add more advanced time/date parsing functionality |
I'm not convinced that textlib.py is the best spot for this. textlib parsing is timestamps of edits, which occur in a site specific timezone, have a very strict parse-able format, and occur in a year after 2001, which means it can be based on the datetime datatype, doesnt need to worry about other calendar systems, etc.
On the other hand, data in wiki page templates is very messy, needs to be WbTime (not datetime).
I'd split the code into three methods (which can be placed anywhere)
For the Wikidata part it might be better to not do it ourselves, but outsource it, see T112140