Temporal Expression Parsing NLP Tools

Tools for parsing, extracting, and converting natural language time and date expressions into structured temporal formats. Does NOT include general date formatting utilities, scheduling systems, or cron expression generators without NLP components.

There are 46 temporal expression parsing tools tracked. 3 score above 50 (established tier). The highest-rated is adbar/htmldate at 67/100 with 146 stars and 8,114,449 monthly downloads.

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#	Tool	Score	Tier	Stars	Language
1	adbar/htmldate Fast and robust date extraction from web pages, with Python or on the command-line	67	Established	146	Python
2	alvinwan/timefhuman Extract datetimes and durations from natural language text as Python...	56	Established	121	Python
3	DanielJDufour/date-extractor Extract dates from text	52	Established	66	Python
4	yagays/ja-timex 自然言語で書かれた時間情報表現を抽出/規格化するルールベースの解析器	46	Emerging	140	Python
5	mike182uk/timestring Parse a human readable time string into a time based value	44	Emerging	82	JavaScript
6	akoumjian/datefinder Find dates inside text using Python and get back datetime objects	44	Emerging	665	HTML
7	xkzhangsan/xk-time xk-time...	42	Emerging	339	Java
8	quire-io/SwiftyChrono A natural language date parser in Swift (ported from chrono.js)	42	Emerging	205	Swift
9	paulrinckens/timexy A spaCy custom component that extracts and normalizes temporal expressions	40	Emerging	56	Python
10	comtravo/ctparse Parse natural language time expressions in python	39	Emerging	130	Python
11	alordash/date-parser Extracts date from natural message.	38	Emerging	7	JavaScript
12	benpml/natty-sched Convert natural language schedule descriptions into structured JSON.	38	Emerging	1	JavaScript
13	kargaranamir/parstdex A package that extracts Persian time and date markers by applying regexes --...	34	Emerging	28	Python
14	neilgupta/Sherlock Natural-language event parser for Javascript	33	Emerging	562	HTML
15	yb66/tickle Natural language parser for recurring events	33	Emerging	82	Ruby
16	zoho/hawking A Natural Language Date Time Parser that Extract date and time from text...	32	Emerging	246	Java
17	p-v/DateTimeSeer A painless way to pick future time.	30	Emerging	154	Java
18	bububa/TimeNLP Time-NLP的golang版本中文时间表达词转换	29	Experimental	11	Go
19	markusmobius/go-htmldate CLI and Go package for extracting publication date of a web pages.	28	Experimental	11	HTML
20	ryanfarber/time-string-parser converts a string containing an amount of time to other units of time	28	Experimental	2	JavaScript
21	WFLing-seaer/cn2t 中文专用的自然语言时间解析，可部分适配其他语言。	27	Experimental	5	Python
22	neurodrone/witai Go library for wit.ai Natural Language Processing API.	27	Experimental	33	Go
23	soulverteam/DateParsing Parse dates from strings, and add a natural language date field to your Swift app	27	Experimental	15	Swift
24	EudyContreras/Chronox.NetCore .NetCore Library for parsing relaxed and strict date and time related expressions	27	Experimental	6	C#
25	weather-bot/chrono Javascript 時間自然語言模組 (fork 中文強化版)	26	Experimental	8	JavaScript
26	hg8496/clockwords Find and resolve natural-language time expressions across multiple languages	25	Experimental	2	Rust
27	Kelab/ChineseTimeNLP 将中文时间表达词转为相应的时间字符串，支持时间点，时间段，时间间隔。	25	Experimental	26	Python
28	deepgram-starters/fastapi-text-intelligence Get started using Deepgram's Text Intelligence with this FastAPI demo app	23	Experimental	1	Python
29	deepgram-starters/flask-text-intelligence Get started using Deepgram's Text Intelligence with this Flask demo app	23	Experimental	1	Python
30	deepgram-starters/django-text-intelligence Get started using Deepgram's Text Intelligence with this Django demo app	23	Experimental	1	Python
31	h-dong/serina Natural Language Parser for date and time in Javascript	23	Experimental	10	TypeScript
32	transcodeworks/whichtime A natural language date parsing library for Rust	22	Experimental	—	Rust
33	tokenmill/timewords Multilingual library to easily parse date strings to java.util.Date objects.	22	Experimental	31	Clojure
34	stellarzerolab/Neurochain-DSL-Website Production website for NeuroChain DSL, including WebUI + Snake demos and the...	22	Experimental	—	HTML
35	deepgram-starters/node-text-intelligence Get started using Deepgram's Text Intelligence with this Node demo app	21	Experimental	2	JavaScript
36	deepgram-starters/deno-text-intelligence Get started using Deepgram's Text Intelligence with this Deno demo app	20	Experimental	1	TypeScript
37	deepgram-starters/cpp-text-intelligence Get started using Deepgram's Text Intelligence with this C++ demo app	19	Experimental	—	C++
38	stellarzerolab/Neurochain-DSL Offline deterministic DSL with local ONNX classifiers + macro intent templates.	19	Experimental	—	Rust
39	deepgram-starters/rust-text-intelligence Get started using Deepgram's Text Intelligence with this Rust demo app	19	Experimental	—	Rust
40	deepgram-starters/go-text-intelligence Get started using Deepgram's Text Intelligence with this Go demo app	19	Experimental	—	Go
41	Sho0pi/naturaltime 🕒 Go library for parsing natural language time expressions with exceptional...	19	Experimental	36	Go
42	deepgram-starters/bun-text-intelligence Get started using Deepgram's Text Intelligence with this Bun demo app	19	Experimental	—	TypeScript
43	stefanieschneider/unstruwwel Detect and Parse Historic Dates in R	14	Experimental	9	R
44	at-inc/datecapture Parse Dates in Natural Language 🇰🇷🇺🇸🇬🇧🇯🇵🇫🇷🇳🇱🇷🇺	13	Experimental	5	TypeScript
45	MarkusBansky/chasm Chasm – a tiny library that will help you split yout text sentences into paragraphs	11	Experimental	2	TypeScript
46	ynori7/datesforhumans This library is a helper to transform natural language date time info into...	10	Experimental	1	Go

Comparisons in this category

htmldate and go-htmldate (67 vs 28)