Smart date selector

摘要

The present description refers to a method, apparatus and computer-readable storage medium for receiving a date request from a client application if a date description is not a valid date, the date request including the date description and one or more attributes, comparing the date description to a smart date table, identifying one or more dates corresponding to the date description based on the comparing, and returning the one or more dates to the client application.

主权项

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:
receive a date request from a client application if a date description associated with the data request is not a valid date, the date request including the date description and one or more attributes; compare the date description and the one or more attributes to a smart date table; identify a plurality of dates corresponding to the date description and the one or more attributes, the plurality of dates identified by:
determining whether a portion of the date description matches at least one of a plurality of entries in the smart date table;determining whether at least one of the attributes matches at least one of the plurality of entries in the smart date table; and provide, to the client application, the plurality of dates in a prioritized order that lists dates corresponding to matching at least one of the attributes as a priority over any other of the identified dates that do not correspond to matching at least one of the attributes.