declare const FAST_PREPEND = "";
declare const MIN_SEGMENT_LEN = 6;
declare const MAX_SEGMENT_LEN = 52;
declare const DATE_EXPRESSIONS: string;
declare const SLOW_PREPEND = "";
declare const FREE_TEXT_EXPRESSIONS = ".//*[self::div or self::h2 or self::h3 or self::h4 or self::li or self::p or self::span or self::time or self::ul]/text()";
declare const THREE_COMP_REGEX_A: RegExp;
declare const THREE_COMP_REGEX_B: RegExp;
declare const TWO_COMP_REGEX: RegExp;
declare const YEAR_PATTERN: RegExp;
declare const COPYRIGHT_PATTERN: RegExp;
declare const THREE_PATTERN: RegExp;
declare const THREE_CATCH: RegExp;
declare const THREE_LOOSE_PATTERN: RegExp;
declare const THREE_LOOSE_CATCH: RegExp;
declare const SELECT_YMD_PATTERN: RegExp;
declare const SELECT_YMD_YEAR: RegExp;
declare const YMD_YEAR: RegExp;
declare const DATESTRINGS_PATTERN: RegExp;
declare const DATESTRINGS_CATCH: RegExp;
declare const SLASHES_PATTERN: RegExp;
declare const SLASHES_YEAR: RegExp;
declare const YYYYMM_PATTERN: RegExp;
declare const YYYYMM_CATCH: RegExp;
declare const MMYYYY_PATTERN: RegExp;
declare const MMYYYY_YEAR: RegExp;
declare const SIMPLE_PATTERN: RegExp;
declare const YMD_PATTERN: RegExp;
declare const TIMESTAMP_PATTERN: RegExp;
declare function discard_unwanted(tree: any): any[];
declare function extract_url_date(testurl: any, options: any): string;
declare function regex_parse(string: any): Date;
declare function custom_parse(string: any, outputformat: any, min_date: any, max_date: any): any;
declare function external_date_parser(string: any, outputformat: any): string;
declare function try_date_expr(string: any, outputformat: any, extensive_search: any, min_date: any, max_date: any): any;
declare function img_search(tree: any, options: any): string;
declare function pattern_search(text: any, date_pattern: any, options: any): any;
declare function json_search(tree: any, options: any): any;
declare function idiosyncrasies_search(htmlstring: any, options: any): any;
export { discard_unwanted, extract_url_date, regex_parse, custom_parse, external_date_parser, try_date_expr, img_search, pattern_search, json_search, idiosyncrasies_search, DATE_EXPRESSIONS, FAST_PREPEND, SLOW_PREPEND, FREE_TEXT_EXPRESSIONS, MAX_SEGMENT_LEN, MIN_SEGMENT_LEN, YEAR_PATTERN, YMD_PATTERN, COPYRIGHT_PATTERN, TIMESTAMP_PATTERN, THREE_PATTERN, THREE_CATCH, THREE_LOOSE_PATTERN, THREE_LOOSE_CATCH, SELECT_YMD_PATTERN, SELECT_YMD_YEAR, YMD_YEAR, DATESTRINGS_PATTERN, DATESTRINGS_CATCH, SLASHES_PATTERN, SLASHES_YEAR, YYYYMM_PATTERN, YYYYMM_CATCH, MMYYYY_PATTERN, MMYYYY_YEAR, SIMPLE_PATTERN, THREE_COMP_REGEX_A, THREE_COMP_REGEX_B, TWO_COMP_REGEX, };