⚡️ Speed up function parse_date_string by 143% (#591)

Author: aseembits93

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 1.2.17-dev0
+
+* **Optimize `parse_date_string` for sql connector**
+
 ## 1.2.17
 
 * **Enhancement: Use a single `executemany` instead of per element `execute` in Snowflake Uploader**

unstructured_ingest/__version__.py

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-__version__ = "1.2.17"  # pragma: no cover
+__version__ = "1.2.17-dev0"  # pragma: no cover
+

unstructured_ingest/processes/connectors/sql/sql.py

@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ def parse_date_string(date_value: Union[str, int]) -> datetime:
         return datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp)
     except Exception as e:
         logger.debug(f"date {date_value} string not a timestamp: {e}")
+
+    if isinstance(date_value, str):
+        try:
+            return datetime.fromisoformat(date_value)
+        except Exception:
+            pass
     return parser.parse(date_value)