set RELATIVE_BASE for dateparser

facebook_scraper/utils.py

@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ def make_html_element(html: str, url=DEFAULT_URL) -> Element:
 datetime_regex = re.compile(fr"({exact_time}|{relative_time})", re.IGNORECASE)
 day_of_week_regex = re.compile(fr"({day_of_week})", re.IGNORECASE)
 
-
 def parse_datetime(text: str, search=True) -> Optional[datetime]:
     """Looks for a string that looks like a date and parses it into a datetime object.
 
@@ -187,6 +186,7 @@ def parse_datetime(text: str, search=True) -> Optional[datetime]:
     Returns:
         The datetime object, or None if it couldn't find a date.
     """
+    settings = {'RELATIVE_BASE': datetime.today().replace(minute=0, hour=0, second=0, microsecond=0)}
     if search:
         time_match = datetime_regex.search(text)
         dow_match = day_of_week_regex.search(text)
@@ -197,9 +197,9 @@ def parse_datetime(text: str, search=True) -> Optional[datetime]:
             today = calendar.day_abbr[datetime.today().weekday()]
             if text == today:
                 # Fix for dateparser misinterpreting "last Monday" as today if today is Monday
-                return dateparser.parse(text) - timedelta(days=7)
+                return dateparser.parse(text, settings=settings) - timedelta(days=7)
 
-    result = dateparser.parse(text)
+    result = dateparser.parse(text, settings=settings)
     if result:
         return result.replace(microsecond=0)
     return None