This gem makes it easy to extract a time range from some text. The goal is to be able to pull out start and end times from a body of text so that you can give more context to the information.
For example:
result = TimeRangeExtractor.call("Meet with Jessie from 4-5pm")
result.begin
#=> 2019-06-20 16:00:00 -0700
result.end
#=> 2019-06-20 17:00:00 -0700A few caveats:
- Only reads out the first time it can find
- If only one time is found, that becomes the start time
- Only the last time zone is taken into account
- Doesn't support 24 hour clocks yet
- Likely no support for international times
- Check the test suite for supported cases
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'time_range_extractor'And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install time_range_extractor
result = TimeRangeExtractor.call("Meet with Jessie from 4-5pm")
result.begin
#=> 2019-06-24 16:00:00 -0700
result.end
#=> 2019-06-24 17:00:00 -0700
result = TimeRangeExtractor.call("Meet with Jessie at 4pm EDT", date: 4.days.ago.to_date)
result.begin
#=> 2019-06-20 16:00:00 -0400
result.end
#=> 2019-06-20 16:00:00 -0400
Time.zone = 'America/Vancouver'
result = TimeRangeExtractor.call("Meet with Jessie at 4pm EDT", date: 4.days.ago.to_date)
result.begin
#=> Thu, 20 Jun 2019 13:00:00 PDT -07:00
result.end
#=> Thu, 20 Jun 2019 13:00:00 PDT -07:00After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake test to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/retailzipline/time_range_extractor.
The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.