sdispater/pendulum

Features

• DateTime Libraries - Provides a comprehensive library for creating, manipulating, and formatting date and time objects in Python.
• Date Component Modifiers - Modifies specific attributes of a date instance, such as the year or hour, to return a new instance.
• Daylight Savings Normalizations - Automatically handles daylight saving time transitions and resolves ambiguous local times.
• Date Object Creators - Generates date and time objects from Unix timestamps, standard library instances, or relative helpers.
• Date Sequence Generators - Provides utilities for calculating and yielding consecutive series of dates based on specific intervals.
• Date Arithmetic Logic - Provides intuitive arithmetic methods to add or subtract units like days, weeks, or minutes.
• Duration Calculations - Determines the length of time between two points, supporting complex units like years and months.
• Date String Parsers - Offers utilities for automatically converting common date strings into native date objects.
• Date Validation Utilities - Converts ISO or RFC formatted strings into date objects using strict and flexible parsing rules.
• Date Comparison Utilities - Allows determining if a date occurs before, after, or at the same time as another using standard operators.
• Date Formatting Utilities - Provides utilities to transform date objects into strings using custom tokens and ISO formats.
• Human-Readable Formatters - Converts date objects into user-friendly, natural language strings and localized descriptions.
• Date Localizations - Translates date and time descriptions into various languages using global or call-specific locale settings.
• Natural Language Formatters - Translates time differences and dates into localized, human-readable natural language strings.
• Date Difference Calculators - Computes the duration between two date objects and expresses the result in specific units.
• Standard Library Extensions - Extends Python's native datetime and timedelta classes to maintain compatibility while simplifying manipulation.
• Date Range Iterators - Implements utilities for generating sequences of date objects between two points in time.
• ISO 8601 Parsers - Includes a dedicated parser for transforming ISO 8601 formatted strings into datetime objects.
• Timezone Management - Implements logic for converting date objects between different timezones while maintaining the same moment.
• Time Freezing Utilities - Allows setting a constant date and time for all current time requests to ensure consistent test results.
• Month Boundary Calculations - Adjusts date instances to the start or end of specific periods like months or centuries.
• Token-Based Formatters - Processes custom date tokens through a translation layer to generate human-readable strings.
• Relative Time Humanization - Creates human-friendly, localized strings describing the relative distance between two dates.
• Temporal String Interpolation - Maps time units to localized word sets to convert durations into natural human languages.
• System Clock Mocks - Intercepts system clock calls to simulate specific dates and times for consistent software testing.
• Time Simulation Utilities - Intercepts and controls native timing functions to simulate specific points in time for logic testing.
• Data Manipulation Libraries - Datetime library with timezone support.
• Date and Time - Predictable and intuitive date and time manipulation.

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