Replace multiple whitespace in strings to be parsed

davtelepot/__init__.py

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ __author__ = "Davide Testa"
 __email__ = "davide@davte.it"
 __credits__ = ["Marco Origlia", "Nick Lee @Nickoala"]
 __license__ = "GNU General Public License v3.0"
-__version__ = "2.3.23"
+__version__ = "2.3.24"
 __maintainer__ = "Davide Testa"
 __contact__ = "t.me/davte"
 

davtelepot/utilities.py

@@ -5,16 +5,18 @@ import asyncio
 import collections
 import csv
 import datetime
-from difflib import SequenceMatcher
 import inspect
 import io
 import json
 import logging
 import os
 import random
+import re
 import string
 import time
 
+from difflib import SequenceMatcher
+
 # Third party modules
 import aiohttp
 from aiohttp import web
@@ -1152,6 +1154,7 @@ def parse_datetime_interval_string(text):
     parsers = []
     result_text, result_datetime, result_timedelta = [], None, None
     is_quoted_text = False
+    text = re.sub('\s\s+', ' ', text)  # Replace multiple spaces with single space character
     for word in text.split(' '):
         if word.count('"') % 2:
             is_quoted_text = not is_quoted_text