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+import os
+from unittest import skipIf, mock
+
+import pyocr
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+from ..parsers import RasterisedDocumentParser
+import datetime
+from dateutil import tz
+
+
+class TestDate(TestCase):
+    SAMPLE_FILES = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "samples")
+
+    @mock.patch(
+        "paperless_tesseract.parsers.RasterisedDocumentParser.SCRATCH",
+        SAMPLE_FILES
+    )
+    def test_get_text_1_pdf(self):
+        input_file = os.path.join(self.SAMPLE_FILES, "tests_date_1.pdf")
+        document = RasterisedDocumentParser(input_file)
+        document.get_text()
+        self.assertEqual(document._is_ocred(), True)
+        self.assertEqual(document.get_date(),
+                         datetime.datetime(2018, 4, 1, 0, 0,
+                                           tzinfo=tz.tzutc()))
+
+    @mock.patch(
+        "paperless_tesseract.parsers.RasterisedDocumentParser.SCRATCH",
+        SAMPLE_FILES
+    )
+    def test_get_text_1_png(self):
+        input_file = os.path.join(self.SAMPLE_FILES, "tests_date_1.png")
+        document = RasterisedDocumentParser(input_file)
+        document.get_text()
+        self.assertEqual(document._is_ocred(), False)
+        self.assertEqual(document.get_date(),
+                         datetime.datetime(2018, 4, 1, 0, 0,
+                                           tzinfo=tz.tzutc()))
+
+    @mock.patch(
+        "paperless_tesseract.parsers.RasterisedDocumentParser.SCRATCH",
+        SAMPLE_FILES
+    )
+    def test_get_text_2_pdf(self):
+        input_file = os.path.join(self.SAMPLE_FILES, "tests_date_2.pdf")
+        document = RasterisedDocumentParser(input_file)
+        document.get_text()
+        self.assertEqual(document._is_ocred(), True)
+        self.assertEqual(document.get_date(),
+                         datetime.datetime(2013, 2, 1, 0, 0,
+                                           tzinfo=tz.tzutc()))
+
+    @mock.patch(
+        "paperless_tesseract.parsers.RasterisedDocumentParser.SCRATCH",
+        SAMPLE_FILES
+    )
+    def test_get_text_2_png(self):
+        input_file = os.path.join(self.SAMPLE_FILES, "tests_date_2.png")
+        document = RasterisedDocumentParser(input_file)
+        document.get_text()
+        self.assertEqual(document._is_ocred(), False)
+        self.assertEqual(document.get_date(),
+                         datetime.datetime(2013, 2, 1, 0, 0,
+                                           tzinfo=tz.tzutc()))
+
+    @mock.patch(
+        "paperless_tesseract.parsers.RasterisedDocumentParser.SCRATCH",
+        SAMPLE_FILES
+    )
+    def test_get_text_3_pdf(self):
+        input_file = os.path.join(self.SAMPLE_FILES, "tests_date_3.pdf")
+        document = RasterisedDocumentParser(input_file)
+        document.get_text()
+        self.assertEqual(document._is_ocred(), True)
+        self.assertEqual(document.get_date(),
+                         datetime.datetime(2018, 10, 5, 0, 0,
+                                           tzinfo=tz.tzutc()))
+
+    @mock.patch(
+        "paperless_tesseract.parsers.RasterisedDocumentParser.SCRATCH",
+        SAMPLE_FILES
+    )
+    def test_get_text_3_png(self):
+        input_file = os.path.join(self.SAMPLE_FILES, "tests_date_3.png")
+        document = RasterisedDocumentParser(input_file)
+        document.get_text()
+        self.assertEqual(document._is_ocred(), False)
+        self.assertEqual(document.get_date(),
+                         datetime.datetime(2018, 10, 5, 0, 0,
+                                           tzinfo=tz.tzutc()))
+
+    @mock.patch(
+        "paperless_tesseract.parsers.RasterisedDocumentParser.SCRATCH",
+        SAMPLE_FILES
+    )
+    def test_get_text_4_pdf(self):
+        input_file = os.path.join(self.SAMPLE_FILES, "tests_date_4.pdf")
+        document = RasterisedDocumentParser(input_file)
+        document.get_text()
+        self.assertEqual(document._is_ocred(), True)
+        self.assertEqual(document.get_date(),
+                         datetime.datetime(2018, 10, 5, 0, 0,
+                                           tzinfo=tz.tzutc()))
+
+    @mock.patch(
+        "paperless_tesseract.parsers.RasterisedDocumentParser.SCRATCH",
+        SAMPLE_FILES
+    )
+    def test_get_text_4_png(self):
+        input_file = os.path.join(self.SAMPLE_FILES, "tests_date_4.png")
+        document = RasterisedDocumentParser(input_file)
+        document.get_text()
+        self.assertEqual(document._is_ocred(), False)
+        self.assertEqual(document.get_date(),
+                         datetime.datetime(2018, 10, 5, 0, 0,
+                                           tzinfo=tz.tzutc()))
+
+    @mock.patch(
+        "paperless_tesseract.parsers.RasterisedDocumentParser.SCRATCH",
+        SAMPLE_FILES
+    )
+    def test_get_text_5_pdf(self):
+        input_file = os.path.join(self.SAMPLE_FILES, "tests_date_5.pdf")
+        document = RasterisedDocumentParser(input_file)
+        document.get_text()
+        self.assertEqual(document._is_ocred(), True)
+        self.assertEqual(document.get_date(),
+                         datetime.datetime(2018, 12, 17, 0, 0,
+                                           tzinfo=tz.tzutc()))
+
+    @mock.patch(
+        "paperless_tesseract.parsers.RasterisedDocumentParser.SCRATCH",
+        SAMPLE_FILES
+    )
+    def test_get_text_5_png(self):
+        input_file = os.path.join(self.SAMPLE_FILES, "tests_date_5.png")
+        document = RasterisedDocumentParser(input_file)
+        document.get_text()
+        self.assertEqual(document._is_ocred(), False)
+        self.assertEqual(document.get_date(),
+                         datetime.datetime(2018, 12, 17, 0, 0,
+                                           tzinfo=tz.tzutc()))
+
+    @mock.patch(
+        "paperless_tesseract.parsers.RasterisedDocumentParser.SCRATCH",
+        SAMPLE_FILES
+    )
+    def test_get_text_6_pdf_us(self):
+        input_file = os.path.join(self.SAMPLE_FILES, "tests_date_6.pdf")
+        document = RasterisedDocumentParser(input_file)
+        document.get_text()
+        document.DATE_ORDER = "MDY"
+        self.assertEqual(document._is_ocred(), True)
+        self.assertEqual(document.get_date(),
+                         datetime.datetime(2018, 12, 17, 0, 0,
+                                           tzinfo=tz.tzutc()))
+
+    @mock.patch(
+        "paperless_tesseract.parsers.RasterisedDocumentParser.SCRATCH",
+        SAMPLE_FILES
+    )
+    def test_get_text_6_png_us(self):
+        input_file = os.path.join(self.SAMPLE_FILES, "tests_date_6.png")
+        document = RasterisedDocumentParser(input_file)
+        document.get_text()
+        document.DATE_ORDER = "MDY"
+        self.assertEqual(document._is_ocred(), False)
+        self.assertEqual(document.get_date(),
+                         datetime.datetime(2018, 12, 17, 0, 0,
+                                           tzinfo=tz.tzutc()))
+
+    @mock.patch(
+        "paperless_tesseract.parsers.RasterisedDocumentParser.SCRATCH",
+        SAMPLE_FILES
+    )
+    def test_get_text_6_pdf_eu(self):
+        input_file = os.path.join(self.SAMPLE_FILES, "tests_date_6.pdf")
+        document = RasterisedDocumentParser(input_file)
+        document.get_text()
+        self.assertEqual(document._is_ocred(), True)
+        self.assertEqual(document.get_date(), None)
+
+    @mock.patch(
+        "paperless_tesseract.parsers.RasterisedDocumentParser.SCRATCH",
+        SAMPLE_FILES
+    )
+    def test_get_text_6_png_eu(self):
+        input_file = os.path.join(self.SAMPLE_FILES, "tests_date_6.png")
+        document = RasterisedDocumentParser(input_file)
+        document.get_text()
+        self.assertEqual(document._is_ocred(), False)
+        self.assertEqual(document.get_date(), None)
+
+    @mock.patch(
+        "paperless_tesseract.parsers.RasterisedDocumentParser.SCRATCH",
+        SAMPLE_FILES
+    )
+    def test_get_text_7_pdf(self):
+        input_file = os.path.join(self.SAMPLE_FILES, "tests_date_7.pdf")
+        document = RasterisedDocumentParser(input_file)
+        document.get_text()
+        self.assertEqual(document._is_ocred(), True)
+        self.assertEqual(document.get_date(),
+                         datetime.datetime(2018, 4, 1, 0, 0,
+                                           tzinfo=tz.tzutc()))