id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc	stage	has_patch	needs_docs	needs_tests	needs_better_patch	easy	ui_ux
36820	Date Parsing Modernization	Varun Kasyap Pentamaraju	Varun Kasyap Pentamaraju	"I have been analyzing django.utils.dateparse and django.utils.timesince. Currently, developers have to write custom logic for many very common use cases.

Maybe we should add built-in support for these common cases:
Please correct me if i am wrong

1) parse_datetime relies on regex and does not support partial dates (for example, providing ""2024"" returns None instead of a datetime like 2024-01-01 12:00).
2) timesince forces long-form output such as ""1 year, 2 months"" using hard-coded joins, while modern UIs prefer compact formats like ""1y 2mo"" or ""2w"".
3) Support a customizable “Just now” threshold instead of returning ""0 minutes"" for small time differences."	New feature	closed	Utilities	dev	Normal	wontfix	dateparse, timesince		Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	0	0