Rust Chrono date parse from RFC2822 allow time zone string at the end of the string

Question

I am trying to parse mail headers. I am trying to parse the date with Chrono, by giving it the RFC2822 strings . The problem is that it is not able to parse strings on the format 2 Nov 2021 14:26:12 +0000 (UTC) , where the problem seems to be the last part (UTC) . How can I make Chrono parse also these strings?

use chrono::prelude::DateTime; // 0.4.19
use regex::Regex;              // 1.6.0

let date = "2 Nov 2021 14:26:12 +0000"; // does work
let date = "2 Nov 2021 14:26:12 +0000 (UTC)"; // does not work

// regex parses "[+-]dddd (www)" => " "[+-]dddd"
let re = Regex::new(r"([+-]?\d{4}) \(\w+\)$").unwrap();
let date = DateTime::parse_from_rfc2822(
        &re.replace(date_rfc2822_str, "$1")
    )
    .unwrap()
);

I can use regex to just remove the last part, but is it possible to parse it without this "hack"?

Answer 1

This was a bug in chrono .

It got fixed and will potentially be released in chrono version 0.4.20 .

use chrono::prelude::DateTime; // main branch

fn main() {
    let date = "2 Nov 2021 14:26:12 +0000 (UTC)";
    println!("{}", DateTime::parse_from_rfc2822(date).unwrap());
}

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