errors=r.SET_NULL/r.IGNORE options for parsedate/parsedatetime, closes #416

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Simon Willison 2022-03-20 21:01:35 -07:00
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r.jsonsplit(value, delimiter=',', type=<class 'str'>)
Convert a string like a,b,c into a JSON array ["a", "b", "c"]
Convert a string like a,b,c into a JSON array ["a", "b", "c"]
r.parsedate(value, dayfirst=False, yearfirst=False)
r.parsedate(value, dayfirst=False, yearfirst=False, errors=None)
Parse a date and convert it to ISO date format: yyyy-mm-dd
Parse a date and convert it to ISO date format: yyyy-mm-dd

- dayfirst=True: treat xx as the day in xx/yy/zz
- yearfirst=True: treat xx as the year in xx/yy/zz
- errors=r.IGNORE to ignore values that cannot be parsed
- errors=r.SET_NULL to set values that cannot be parsed to null
r.parsedatetime(value, dayfirst=False, yearfirst=False)
r.parsedatetime(value, dayfirst=False, yearfirst=False, errors=None)
Parse a datetime and convert it to ISO datetime format: yyyy-mm-ddTHH:MM:SS
Parse a datetime and convert it to ISO datetime format: yyyy-mm-ddTHH:MM:SS

- dayfirst=True: treat xx as the day in xx/yy/zz
- yearfirst=True: treat xx as the year in xx/yy/zz
- errors=r.IGNORE to ignore values that cannot be parsed
- errors=r.SET_NULL to set values that cannot be parsed to null
You can use these recipes like so:

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Would produce an array like this: ``[1.2, 3.0, 4.5]``
``r.parsedate(value, dayfirst=False, yearfirst=False)``
``r.parsedate(value, dayfirst=False, yearfirst=False, errors=None)``
Parse a date and convert it to ISO date format: ``yyyy-mm-dd``
In the case of dates such as ``03/04/05`` U.S. ``MM/DD/YY`` format is assumed - you can use ``dayfirst=True`` or ``yearfirst=True`` to change how these ambiguous dates are interpreted.
``r.parsedatetime(value, dayfirst=False, yearfirst=False)``
Use the ``errors=`` parameter to specify what should happen if a value cannot be parsed.
By default, if any value cannot be parsed an error will be occurred and all values will be left as they were.
Set ``errors=r.IGNORE`` to ignore any values that cannot be parsed, leaving them unchanged.
Set ``errors=r.SET_NULL`` to set any values that cannot be parsed to ``null``.
``r.parsedatetime(value, dayfirst=False, yearfirst=False, errors=None)``
Parse a datetime and convert it to ISO datetime format: ``yyyy-mm-ddTHH:MM:SS``
These recipes can be used in the code passed to ``sqlite-utils convert`` like this::