Fix handling of <time> tag and replace html tags

newsfeed.py

@@ -452,10 +452,12 @@ class Sections:
         for code in codes:
             strItem=strItem.replace(code,"'")
         strItem=strItem.replace("&","&")
-        strItem=strItem.replace("‘","'")
+        strItem=strItem.replace("‘","‘")
-        strItem=strItem.replace("’","'")
+        strItem=strItem.replace("’","’")
         strItem=strItem.replace("—","-")
+        strItem=strItem.replace("'","'")
         strItem=strItem.replace("???","'")
+        strItem=strItem.replace(""","\"")
         return strItem
     
 def pad(str,filler,length):

utility.py

@@ -40,25 +40,30 @@ class StringHelper:
         if strBegin is None:
             index = 0
         else:
-            index = strItem.index(strBegin)
+            try:
-        if -1==index:
+                if strBegin.startswith("<") and strBegin.endswith(">"):
-            return None
+                    tag_name = strBegin[1:-1]  # e.g. "time"
-        str=None
+                    index = strItem.index("<" + tag_name)
-        if strBegin is not None:
+                    index = strItem.index(">", index) + 1
-            str=strItem[index+len(strBegin):]
                 else:
-            str=strItem
+                    index = strItem.index(strBegin) + len(strBegin)
+            except ValueError:
+                return None
+        if index == -1:
+            return None
+        str = strItem[index:] if strBegin is not None else strItem
         if strEnd is None:
             return str
+        try:
             index = str.index(strEnd)
-        if -1==index :
+        except ValueError:
             return None
         sb = ""
         for strIndex in range(0, len(str) - 1):
             if index == strIndex:
                 break
             sb = sb + str[strIndex]
-        return (sb)
+        return sb
 
 class HttpNetRequest:
     def __init__(self):