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Date Parser

Description​

Use this activity to parse the string expected to hold the date value and, if there are any parse errors, give you the proper date value.

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This activity consumes IntelliBuddies Cognitive Services credits.

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Use this Activity to fine-tune the Date value extracted using OCR.

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This Activity connects to the IntelliBuddies AI Services hosted on IntelliBuddies Cloud, requiring an internet connection on the system where executed.

Properties​

Input​

  • Date – Specify the Date string obtained from OCR or other image extractors.
  • Date Format – Specify the Date format expected. Example: dd/MM/yyyy.

You can build the format using the following primitives.

| Format  | Description | | ------  | ----------- | | dd      | Day sequence count in a month. Example: 01, 12 | | MM      | Month sequence number in a year. Example: 01, 12 | | MMM     | Month in short word format. Example: Feb, Mar | | MMMM    | Month in full Word format. Example: February, April | | yy      | Year in short format. Example: 22, 18 | | yyyy    | Year in long format. Example:: 2022, 2018 | |||

Optional​

  • Continue On Error – Specifies if the automation should continue even when the Activity throws an error. This field only supports Boolean values (True, False). The default value is False.
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Catches no error if this Activity is present inside the Try-Catch block and the value of this property is True.

Misc​

  • DisplayName – The display name of the Activity.
  • Private – Logs the variable and argument values at the Verbose level when unchecked.

Output​

  • Result – Returns DateParserInfo containing the Date value predicted by the model with a confidence score.

Example​

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