Move Item.__get_formatted_date to webqueue2api.parser.utils and renam…

…e to format_date_string

src/webqueue2api/parser/utils.py

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+"""Shared utilities for the parser package"""
+
+from dateutil import parser, tz
+from datetime import datetime
+
+def format_date_string(date: str) -> str:
+    """Returns the date/time formatted as RFC 8601 YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+00:00.
+    Returns empty string if the string argument passed to the function is not a datetime.
+    See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601
+
+    Returns:
+            str: Properly formatted date/time recieved or empty string.
+    """
+    try:
+        # This date is never meant to be used. The default attribute is just to set timezone.
+        parsed_date = parser.parse(date, default=datetime(
+            1970, 1, 1, tzinfo=tz.gettz('EDT')))
+    except:
+        return ""
+
+    parsed_date_string = parsed_date.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z")
+
+    return parsed_date_string
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+	print(format_date_string("Tue, 23 Jun 2020 13:30:45 -0400"))