3 failing tests

plugins/dates/scratch.js

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ nlp.verbose('date')
 
 const fmt = iso => (iso ? spacetime(iso).format('{day-short} {nice} {year}') : '-')
 
-// process.env.DEBUG_DATE = true
+process.env.DEBUG_DATE = true
 
 // date issues:
 // 'the month before christmas' vs 'a month before christmas'
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ txt = 'in 2-4 years from now'
 txt = 'in 1-2 weeks from now'
 txt = 'in 1 to 2 months'
 txt = `first half of march`
-txt = `until christmas`
 
 // nlp.verbose('tagger')
 let doc = nlp(txt).debug()

plugins/dates/src/api/parse/one/units/_year.js

@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ class Month extends Unit {
     this.d = this.d.startOf('month')
     return this
   }
+  middle() {
+    this.d = this.d.add(15, 'days')
+    this.d = this.d.startOf('day')
+    return this
+  }
 }
 
 class AnyQuarter extends Unit {

plugins/dates/src/api/parse/range/02-date-range.js

@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ export default [
 
 
   {
-    // one month, no year - 'january 5 to 7'
+    // implicit range
     match: '^until [<to>#Date+]',
     desc: 'until christmas',
     parse: (m, context) => {
@@ -202,4 +202,29 @@ export default [
       return null
     },
   },
+
+  {
+    // second half of march
+    match: '[<part>(1st|initial|2nd|latter)] half of [<month>#Month] [<year>#Year?]',
+    desc: 'second half of march',
+    parse: (m, context) => {
+      const { part, month, year } = m.groups()
+      let obj = {
+        month: month.text('reduced'),
+        date: 1, //assume 1st
+        year: year && year.found ? year.text('reduced') : context.today.year()
+      }
+      let unit = new Month(obj, null, context)
+      if (part.has('(1st|initial)')) {
+        return {
+          start: unit.start(),
+          end: unit.clone().middle(),
+        }
+      }
+      return {
+        start: unit.middle(),
+        end: unit.clone().end(),
+      }
+    },
+  },
 ]

plugins/dates/src/compute/matches.js

@@ -278,5 +278,7 @@ let matches = [
   { match: '(from|by|before) now', unTag: 'Time', tag: 'Date' },
   // 18th next month
   { match: '#Value of? (this|next|last) #Date', tag: 'Date' },
+  // first half of march
+  { match: '(first|initial|second|latter) half of #Month', tag: 'Date' },
 ]
 export default matches

plugins/dates/tests/equals.test.js

@@ -68,15 +68,17 @@ const arr = [
   ['next friday, this monday', 'fri jan 31 and mon jan 27'],
   ['until christmas', '2020-01-21 to 2020-12-25'],
   ['until feb 3 2024', '2020-01-21 to 2024-02-03'],
+  ['first half of march', '2020-03-01 to 2020-03-16'],
+  ['second half of march', '2020-03-16 to 2020-03-30 '],
 ]
 
 test('date-variety', function (t) {
   arr.forEach((a) => {
     let left = nlp(a[0]).dates(context).json()[0] || {}
     let right = nlp(a[1]).dates(context).json()[0] || {}
-    left.date = left.date || {}
-    right.date = right.date || {}
-    t.equal(left.date.start, right.date.start, a[0])
+    left.dates = left.dates || {}
+    right.dates = right.dates || {}
+    t.equal(left.dates.start, right.dates.start, a[0] + ' -> ' + a[1])
   })
   t.end()
 })