date parsing: only attempt to check link description

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/zachwalk.py b/zachwalk.py
index 7965962..7c8680e 100755
--- a/zachwalk.py
+++ b/zachwalk.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def gnd(fp):
      line=line.decode('UTF-8')
      if line.strip()[0:2] == '=>':
       try:
-        date = parse(line,fuzzy=True).date()
+        date = parse(getdesc(line),fuzzy=True).date()
         # todo: read lots of these and compare them
         return date
       except:
@@ -42,9 +42,12 @@ def main(argv):
         if line[0:2] == '=>':
             # plz don't use multiple spaces.
             url = line.split(' ')[1]
-            desc = line[3+len(url):].strip()
+            desc = getdesc(line)
             newestdate = getnewestdate(url)
             print(f'=> {url} {newestdate} - {desc}')
 
+def getdesc(line):
+  return ' '.join(line.split(' ')[2:])
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
   main(sys.argv)