解析很容易。它可以实现为一堆正则表达式和一些日期计算。
下面的示例可以很容易地扩展以适应您的需求。 我粗略地测试了它,至少适用于以下字符串:
帮助类:
class FuzzyDateTime
{
static List<string> dayList = new List<string>() { "sun", "mon", "tue", "wed", "thu", "fri", "sat" };
static List<IDateTimePattern> parsers = new List<IDateTimePattern>()
{
new RegexDateTimePattern (
@"next +([2-9]\d*) +months",
delegate (Match m) {
var val = int.Parse(m.Groups[1].Value);
return DateTime.Now.AddMonths(val);
}
),
new RegexDateTimePattern (
@"next +month",
delegate (Match m) {
return DateTime.Now.AddMonths(1);
}
),
new RegexDateTimePattern (
@"next +([2-9]\d*) +days",
delegate (Match m) {
var val = int.Parse(m.Groups[1].Value);
return DateTime.Now.AddDays(val);
}
),
new RegexDateTimePattern (
@"([2-9]\d*) +months +ago",
delegate (Match m) {
var val = int.Parse(m.Groups[1].Value);
return DateTime.Now.AddMonths(-val);
}
),
new RegexDateTimePattern (
@"([2-9]\d*) days +ago",
delegate (Match m) {
var val = int.Parse(m.Groups[1].Value);
return DateTime.Now.AddDays(-val);
}
),
new RegexDateTimePattern (
@"([2-9]\d*) *h(ours)? +ago",
delegate (Match m) {
var val = int.Parse(m.Groups[1].Value);
return DateTime.Now.AddMonths(-val);
}
),
new RegexDateTimePattern (
@"tomorrow",
delegate (Match m) {
return DateTime.Now.AddDays(1);
}
),
new RegexDateTimePattern (
@"today",
delegate (Match m) {
return DateTime.Now;
}
),
new RegexDateTimePattern (
@"yesterday",
delegate (Match m) {
return DateTime.Now.AddDays(-1);
}
),
new RegexDateTimePattern (
@"(last|next) *(year|month)",
delegate (Match m) {
int direction = (m.Groups[1].Value == "last")? -1 :1;
switch(m.Groups[2].Value)
{
case "year":
return new DateTime(DateTime.Now.Year+direction, 1,1);
case "month":
return new DateTime(DateTime.Now.Year, DateTime.Now.Month+direction, 1);
}
return DateTime.MinValue;
}
),
new RegexDateTimePattern (
String.Format(@"(last|next) *({0}).*", String.Join("|", dayList.ToArray())), //handle weekdays
delegate (Match m) {
var val = m.Groups[2].Value;
var direction = (m.Groups[1].Value == "last")? -1 :1;
var dayOfWeek = dayList.IndexOf(val.Substring(0,3));
if (dayOfWeek >= 0) {
var diff = direction*(dayOfWeek - (int)DateTime.Today.DayOfWeek);
if (diff <= 0 ) {
diff = 7 + diff;
}
return DateTime.Today.AddDays(direction * diff);
}
return DateTime.MinValue;
}
),
new RegexDateTimePattern (
@"(last|next) *(.+)", // to parse months using DateTime.TryParse
delegate (Match m) {
DateTime dt;
int direction = (m.Groups[1].Value == "last")? -1 :1;
var s = String.Format("{0} {1}",m.Groups[2].Value, DateTime.Now.Year + direction);
if (DateTime.TryParse(s, out dt)) {
return dt;
} else {
return DateTime.MinValue;
}
}
),
new RegexDateTimePattern (
@".*", //as final resort parse using DateTime.TryParse
delegate (Match m) {
DateTime dt;
var s = m.Groups[0].Value;
if (DateTime.TryParse(s, out dt)) {
return dt;
} else {
return DateTime.MinValue;
}
}
),
};
public static DateTime Parse(string text)
{
text = text.Trim().ToLower();
var dt = DateTime.Now;
foreach (var parser in parsers)
{
dt = parser.Parse(text);
if (dt != DateTime.MinValue)
break;
}
return dt;
}
}
interface IDateTimePattern
{
DateTime Parse(string text);
}
class RegexDateTimePattern : IDateTimePattern
{
public delegate DateTime Interpreter(Match m);
protected Regex regEx;
protected Interpreter inter;
public RegexDateTimePattern(string re, Interpreter inter)
{
this.regEx = new Regex(re);
this.inter = inter;
}
public DateTime Parse(string text)
{
var m = regEx.Match(text);
if (m.Success)
{
return inter(m);
}
return DateTime.MinValue;
}
}
使用示例:
var val = FuzzyDateTime.Parse(textBox1.Text);
if (val != DateTime.MinValue)
label1.Text = val.ToString();
else
label1.Text = "unknown value";
@"tomorrow"
中存在一个错误,它与 @"today"
相同,应该是 return DateTime.Now.AddDays(1)
。 - Petrus Theron我们的用户之一可以输入以下日期格式:
他们似乎很喜欢这个功能,并要求在我们的应用中使用它,于是我编写了下面的代码。ParseDateToString函数会将上述格式之一的字符串以及其他一些格式解析为具体的日期,并返回"MM/DD/YYYY"格式的日期字符串。很容易将其改为返回实际的DateTime对象,并支持小时、分钟、秒等任何你想要的格式。
using System;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
namespace Utils
{
class DateParser
{
private static readonly DateTime sqlMinDate = DateTime.Parse("01/01/1753");
private static readonly DateTime sqlMaxDate = DateTime.Parse("12/31/9999");
private static readonly Regex todayPlusOrMinus = new Regex(@"^\s*t(\s*[\-\+]\s*\d{1,4}([dwmy])?)?\s*$", RegexOptions.Compiled | RegexOptions.IgnoreCase); // T +/- number of days
private static readonly Regex dateWithoutSlashies = new Regex(@"^\s*(\d{6}|\d{8})\s*$", RegexOptions.Compiled); // Date in MMDDYY or MMDDYYYY format
private const string DATE_FORMAT = "MM/dd/yyyy";
private const string ERROR_INVALID_SQL_DATE_FORMAT = "Date must be between {0} and {1}!";
private const string ERROR_DATE_ABOVE_MAX_FORMAT = "Date must be on or before {0}!";
private const string ERROR_USAGE = @"Unable to determine date! Please enter a valid date as either:
MMDDYY
MMDDYYYY
MM/DD/YY
MM/DD/YYYY
You may also use the following:
T (Today's date)
T + 1 (Today plus/minus a number of days)
T + 1w (Today plus/minus a number of weeks)
T + 1m (Today plus/minus a number of months)
T + 1y (Today plus/minus a number of years)";
public static DateTime SqlMinDate
{
get { return sqlMinDate; }
}
public static DateTime SqlMaxDate
{
get { return sqlMaxDate; }
}
/// <summary>
/// Determine if user input string can become a valid date, and if so, returns it as a short date (MM/dd/yyyy) string.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dateString"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static string ParseDateToString(string dateString)
{
return ParseDateToString(dateString, sqlMaxDate);
}
/// <summary>
/// Determine if user input string can become a valid date, and if so, returns it as a short date (MM/dd/yyyy) string. Date must be on or before maxDate.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dateString"></param>
/// <param name="maxDate"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static string ParseDateToString(string dateString, DateTime maxDate)
{
if (null == dateString || 0 == dateString.Trim().Length)
{
return null;
}
dateString = dateString.ToLower();
DateTime dateToReturn;
if (todayPlusOrMinus.IsMatch(dateString))
{
dateToReturn = DateTime.Today;
int amountToAdd;
string unitsToAdd;
GetAmountAndUnitsToModifyDate(dateString, out amountToAdd, out unitsToAdd);
switch (unitsToAdd)
{
case "y":
{
dateToReturn = dateToReturn.AddYears(amountToAdd);
break;
}
case "m":
{
dateToReturn = dateToReturn.AddMonths(amountToAdd);
break;
}
case "w":
{
dateToReturn = dateToReturn.AddDays(7 * amountToAdd);
break;
}
default:
{
dateToReturn = dateToReturn.AddDays(amountToAdd);
break;
}
}
}
else
{
if (dateWithoutSlashies.IsMatch(dateString))
{
/*
* It was too hard to deal with 3, 4, 5, and 7 digit date strings without slashes,
* so I limited it to 6 (MMDDYY) or 8 (MMDDYYYY) to avoid ambiguity.
* For example, 12101 could be:
* 1/21/01 => Jan 21, 2001
* 12/1/01 => Dec 01, 2001
* 12/10/1 => Dec 10, 2001
*
* Limiting it to 6 or 8 digits is much easier to deal with. Boo hoo if they have to
* enter leading zeroes.
*/
// All should parse without problems, since we ensured it was a string of digits
dateString = dateString.Insert(4, "/").Insert(2, "/");
}
try
{
dateToReturn = DateTime.Parse(dateString);
}
catch
{
throw new FormatException(ERROR_USAGE);
}
}
if (IsDateSQLValid(dateToReturn))
{
if (dateToReturn <= maxDate)
{
return dateToReturn.ToString(DATE_FORMAT);
}
throw new ApplicationException(string.Format(ERROR_DATE_ABOVE_MAX_FORMAT, maxDate.ToString(DATE_FORMAT)));
}
throw new ApplicationException(String.Format(ERROR_INVALID_SQL_DATE_FORMAT, SqlMinDate.ToString(DATE_FORMAT), SqlMaxDate.ToString(DATE_FORMAT)));
}
/// <summary>
/// Converts a string of the form:
///
/// "T [+-] \d{1,4}[dwmy]" (spaces optional, case insensitive)
///
/// to a number of days/weeks/months/years to add/subtract from the current date.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dateString"></param>
/// <param name="amountToAdd"></param>
/// <param name="unitsToAdd"></param>
private static void GetAmountAndUnitsToModifyDate(string dateString, out int amountToAdd, out string unitsToAdd)
{
GroupCollection groups = todayPlusOrMinus.Match(dateString).Groups;
amountToAdd = 0;
unitsToAdd = "d";
string amountWithPossibleUnits = groups[1].Value;
string possibleUnits = groups[2].Value;
if (null == amountWithPossibleUnits ||
0 == amountWithPossibleUnits.Trim().Length)
{
return;
}
// Strip out the whitespace
string stripped = Regex.Replace(amountWithPossibleUnits, @"\s", "");
if (null == possibleUnits ||
0 == possibleUnits.Trim().Length)
{
amountToAdd = Int32.Parse(stripped);
return;
}
// Should have a parseable integer followed by a units indicator (d/w/m/y)
// Remove the units indicator from the end, so we have a parseable integer.
stripped = stripped.Remove(stripped.LastIndexOf(possibleUnits));
amountToAdd = Int32.Parse(stripped);
unitsToAdd = possibleUnits;
}
public static bool IsDateSQLValid(string dt) { return IsDateSQLValid(DateTime.Parse(dt)); }
/// <summary>
/// Make sure the range of dates is valid for SQL Server
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dt"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static bool IsDateSQLValid(DateTime dt)
{
return (dt >= SqlMinDate && dt <= SqlMaxDate);
}
}
}
在您的列表中,唯一可能有困难的示例是“去年六月”,但您可以通过计算自去年六月以来过了多少个月来确定要传递的字符串。
int monthDiff = (DateTime.Now.Month + 6) % 12;
if(monthDiff == 0) monthDiff = 12;
string lastJuneCode = string.Format("T - {0}m", monthDiff);
在Piotr Czapla的回答中有一个bug:
new RegexDateTimePattern (
@"([2-9]\d*) *h(ours)? +ago",
delegate (Match m) {
var val = int.Parse(m.Groups[1].Value);
return DateTime.Now.AddMonths(-val);
}
),
应该使用AddMonths()而不是AddHours()。
附注:由于论坛积分过低,我无法对他的回答进行评论。我已经浪费了时间调试它,试图找出为什么当我尝试使用“5小时前”时它会减去5天。