A simple natural language time parser for node.js using a naive bayesian classifier.
npm install naturaltime
var naturaltime = require('naturaltime');
var five_minutes_ago = naturaltime('5 minutes ago');
var in_five_minutes = naturaltime('in 5 minutes');
var a_year_ago = naturaltime('1 year ago');
// specify the start date
var a_year_and_a_week_ago = naturaltime('1 week ago', a_year_ago);
// create a parser
var parser = naturaltime.createParser({language: 'en-us'});
var parsed = parser.parse('2 weeks ago');
// => {units: 'weeks', amount: 2, relative: 'past'}
var date = parser.date('2 weeks ago');- the string you give
naturaltimemust have a decimal number in it - number matching is naive - if there are two numbers in your string, the first one will be extracted and used, not necessarily correct. So, just give us one number
naturaltimeis not guaranteed to do things right. If you find a case that doesn't work like you expect, open an issue or fork the repo and fix it :)
naturaltime currently only understands US English. All that is needed for
more language support is a training set for each new language. If you know a
foreign language, please fork this repo and add it!