From 7e4f07ffc9dbd4385427ab73d5e3f72b26fedd10 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cristian Ramirez <62491943+Str0k@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 22:28:42 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Ignore quoted literals when selecting date and time fields

Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>
---
 babel/dates.py      | 12 ++++++++++--
 tests/test_dates.py | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/babel/dates.py b/babel/dates.py
index 7b626aa11..2e8e89b1f 100644
--- a/babel/dates.py
+++ b/babel/dates.py
@@ -1303,7 +1303,11 @@ def parse_date(
         fmt = get_date_format(format=format, locale=locale)
     else:
         fmt = parse_pattern(format)
-    format_str = fmt.pattern.lower()
+    format_str = ''.join(
+        field[0].lower()
+        for token_type, field in tokenize_pattern(fmt.pattern)
+        if token_type == 'field'
+    )
     year_idx = format_str.index('y')
     month_idx = format_str.find('m')
     if month_idx < 0:
@@ -1360,7 +1364,11 @@ def parse_time(
         fmt = get_time_format(format=format, locale=locale)
     else:
         fmt = parse_pattern(format)
-    format_str = fmt.pattern.lower()
+    format_str = ''.join(
+        field[0].lower()
+        for token_type, field in tokenize_pattern(fmt.pattern)
+        if token_type == 'field'
+    )
     hour_idx = format_str.find('h')
     if hour_idx < 0:
         hour_idx = format_str.index('k')
diff --git a/tests/test_dates.py b/tests/test_dates.py
index 4f8c73907..dd8ce2409 100644
--- a/tests/test_dates.py
+++ b/tests/test_dates.py
@@ -524,6 +524,30 @@ def get_date_format(*args, **kwargs):
     assert dates.parse_date('2024-10-20') == date(2024, 10, 20)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ('pattern', 'value'),
+    [
+        ("yyyy 'day' MM dd", '2024 day 04 01'),
+        ("'day:' yyyy-MM-dd", 'day: 2024-04-01'),
+        ("yyyy 'day''s month' MM dd", "2024 day's month 04 01"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_parse_date_quoted_fields(pattern, value):
+    assert dates.parse_date(value, format=pattern) == date(2024, 4, 1)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ('pattern', 'value', 'expected'),
+    [
+        ("'seconds:' HH:mm:ss", 'seconds: 15:30:45', time(15, 30, 45)),
+        ("'minutes:' HH:mm:ss", 'minutes: 15:30:45', time(15, 30, 45)),
+        ("'at' HH:mm 'pm'", 'at 03:30 pm', time(3, 30)),
+    ],
+)
+def test_parse_time_quoted_fields(pattern, value, expected):
+    assert dates.parse_time(value, format=pattern) == expected
+
+
 def test_parse_time_custom_format():
     assert dates.parse_time('15:30:00', format='HH:mm:ss') == time(15, 30)
     assert dates.parse_time('00:30:15', format='ss:mm:HH') == time(15, 30)