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(defn- pre-and-unparse-date [pre formatter string]
"Expects pre to return a vector, [v, data]. Returns [(unparse formatter v), data].
If nil is returned from pre, it is propagated. If unparse fails, also returns nil."
(when-let [[v data] (pre string)]
(try
[(parse formatter v) data]
(catch IllegalArgumentException e
nil))))
(defn- split-out-timezone [str]
(rest (re-matches #"^(.*) ([A-Z]{3})$" str)))
(defonce date-parsing-strategies
(list
[split-out-timezone ; 1123
(formatter "E, d MMM Y H:m:s")]
[split-out-timezone ; 1036
(formatter "E, d-MMM-yy H:m:s")]
[(juxt identity (constantly "UTC"))
(formatter "E MMM d H:m:s yyyy")]))
(defn date-timezone-from-string
"Attempts to extract a date from a string, using the HTTP 1.1 mandated
formats in this order: RFC 822/1123, RFC 850/1036, Ansi CTime.
(examples from the http 1.1 spec:
Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT ; RFC 822, updated by RFC 1123
Sunday, 06-Nov-94 08:49:37 GMT ; RFC 850, obsoleted by RFC 1036
Sun Nov 6 08:49:37 1994 ; ANSI C's asctime() format)"
[string]
(first (keep
(fn [[pre fmt]]
(println pre " ::: " fmt)
(pre-and-unparse-date pre fmt string))
date-parsing-strategies)))
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