timeperiod parsing

timeperiod.jl

using Dates

period(::Dates.DatePart{T}, val) where T = Dates.CONVERSION_SPECIFIERS[T](val)
period(::Dates.Delim, val) = Millisecond(0)

Base.parse(t::Type{TimePeriod}, str::AbstractString, df::AbstractString) = parse(t, str, DateFormat(df))
function Base.parse(t::Type{TimePeriod}, str::AbstractString, df::DateFormat)
    out = Millisecond(0)
    len = length(str)
    i = 1
    for t in df.tokens
        res, i = Dates.tryparsenext(t, str, i, len)
        out += period(t, res)
    end
    out
end

TimePeriod(str::AbstractString, df) = parse(TimePeriod, str, df)

TimePeriod("00:14:32:11.4", "dd:HH:MM:SS")