Ensure duplicate time names can be parsed in NodaTimeSplitter (e.g.

1.1.2024-1.1.2024)

src/NodaTimeSplitter.php

@@ -1208,6 +1208,30 @@ final class NodaTimeSplitter {
 
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Removes superfluous characters and makes an input string roughly parsable.
+     *
+     * @param string $input Input string.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    private static function _runBasicNameCleanup(string $input):string {
+
+        $input = trim(trim($input), ',;');
+
+        // Clean away duplicate inputs
+        // 1440-1440
+        if (str_contains($input, '-')) {
+            $parts = explode('-', $input);
+            if (count($parts) === 2 && $parts[0] === $parts[1]) {
+                $input = $parts[0];
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $input;
+
+    }
+
     /**
      * Wrapper to check if any splitting command works.
      *
@@ -1217,6 +1241,8 @@ final class NodaTimeSplitter {
      */
     public static function attempt_splitting(string $datum):NodaSplitTime|false {
 
+        $datum = self::_runBasicNameCleanup($datum);
+
         try {
             if (!empty($moda = self::is_timespan($datum))) {
                 return $moda;