Bugfix: Replace str.index with str.find (#1130)

Author: tomasr8

babel/dates.py

@@ -1232,7 +1232,7 @@ def parse_date(
 
     format_str = get_date_format(format=format, locale=locale).pattern.lower()
     year_idx = format_str.index('y')
-    month_idx = format_str.index('m')
+    month_idx = format_str.find('m')
     if month_idx < 0:
         month_idx = format_str.index('l')
     day_idx = format_str.index('d')
@@ -1277,7 +1277,7 @@ def parse_time(
 
     # TODO: try ISO format first?
     format_str = get_time_format(format=format, locale=locale).pattern.lower()
-    hour_idx = format_str.index('h')
+    hour_idx = format_str.find('h')
     if hour_idx < 0:
         hour_idx = format_str.index('k')
     min_idx = format_str.index('m')

tests/test_dates.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import pytest
 
 from babel import Locale, dates
-from babel.dates import NO_INHERITANCE_MARKER, UTC, _localize
+from babel.dates import NO_INHERITANCE_MARKER, UTC, _localize, parse_pattern
 from babel.util import FixedOffsetTimezone
 
 
@@ -666,6 +666,24 @@ def test_parse_time(input, expected):
     assert dates.parse_time(input, locale='en_US') == expected
 
 
+def test_parse_time_alternate_characters(monkeypatch):
+    # 'K' can be used as an alternative to 'H'
+    def get_time_format(*args, **kwargs):
+        return parse_pattern('KK:mm:ss')
+    monkeypatch.setattr(dates, 'get_time_format', get_time_format)
+
+    assert dates.parse_time('9:30') == time(9, 30)
+
+
+def test_parse_date_alternate_characters(monkeypatch):
+    # 'l' can be used as an alternative to 'm'
+    def get_date_format(*args, **kwargs):
+        return parse_pattern('yyyy-ll-dd')
+    monkeypatch.setattr(dates, 'get_time_format', get_date_format)
+
+    assert dates.parse_date('2024-10-20') == date(2024, 10, 20)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('case', ['', 'a', 'aaa'])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('func', [dates.parse_date, dates.parse_time])
 def test_parse_errors(case, func):