Fuzzy date parsing with Java

Question

Are there any libraries for Java that allow you to interpret dates like "Yesterday", "Next Monday", ...

Answer 1

You are looking for Natty. Feel free to fork it and modify its grammar.

Answer 2

Su-time from stanford is your (and my) friend.

Answer 3

A library like Joda-Time is probably as close as you're gonna get. It doesn't convert strings, but offers much more functionality than the Java default Date class.

Here is a utility class that provides some of the functions you're looking for, but again without fuzzy string conversion.