pacer/docket_report.py: Explain DATE_REGEX a little better

It's not a 100% obvious regexp, especially given the unicode characters in it.
johnhawkinson · Oct 12, 2023 · 5b678aa · 5b678aa
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diff --git a/juriscraper/pacer/docket_report.py b/juriscraper/pacer/docket_report.py
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ class BaseDocketReport:
     little class as a mixin with the common components.
     """
 
+    # A date is one or more characters that are members of the class
+    # of endashes (U+2014), digits, ASCII dashes (U+002D), emdashes
+    # (U+2013), and ASCII slashes.
     DATE_REGEX = r"[—\d\-–/]+"
 
     date_entered_regex = re.compile(r"Entered:\s+(%s)" % DATE_REGEX)