FuzzyDateFields for Django

fuzzyfields.py

import datetime
import dateutil.parser
from django import forms


class FuzzyDateTimeField(forms.Field):
    '''
    Like a DateTimeField, but uses dateutil.parser to parse datetime.
    http://www.djangosnippets.org/snippets/1422/
    '''
    def __init__(self, widget=forms.DateTimeInput, fuzzy=True, **kwargs):
        forms.Field.__init__(self, widget=widget, **kwargs)
        self.fuzzy = fuzzy

    def clean(self, val):
        super(FuzzyDateTimeField, self).clean(val)

        if not val:
            return None
        elif isinstance(val, datetime.datetime):
            return val

        try:
            dt = dateutil.parser.parse(val.strip(), fuzzy=self.fuzzy)
            if dt.year > 1900:
                return dt
            else:
                raise forms.ValidationError('please enter a valid date')
        except ValueError, err:
            raise forms.ValidationError(*err.args)


class FuzzyDateField(forms.Field):
    '''
    Like a DateField, but uses dateutil.parser to parse date.
    http://www.djangosnippets.org/snippets/1422/
    '''
    def __init__(self, widget=forms.DateInput, fuzzy=True, **kwargs):
        forms.Field.__init__(self, widget=widget, **kwargs)
        self.fuzzy = fuzzy

    def clean(self, val):
        super(FuzzyDateField, self).clean(val)
        
        if not val:
            return None
        elif isinstance(val, datetime.date):
            return val
            
        try:
            d = dateutil.parser.parse(val.strip(), fuzzy=self.fuzzy)
            if d.year > 1900:
                return d
            else:
                raise forms.ValidationError('please enter a valid date')
        except ValueError, err:
            raise forms.ValidationError(*err.args)