japanera 2.1.3

Easy japanese era tool

Easy japanese era tool

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>>> from datetime import date
>>> from japanera import EraDate

>>> today = EraDate.from_date(date.today())
>>> date(2020, 4, 16) in today.era
True

>>> "Current Japanese Era is <{}>: <{}>".format(today.era.kanji, today.era.english)
Current Japanese Era is <令和>: <Reiwa>

>>> "Current Date is <{}>".format(today.strftime("%-K%-y年%m月%d日"))
Current Date is <令和05年03月07日>

Installation

Install with pip

 $ pip install japanera

How to Use

You can use Era, EraDate, EraDateTime.

from datetime import date, datetime
from japanera import EraDate, EraDateTime, Era

print(EraDate(2023, 1, 1))
# 令和05年 01月01日
print(EraDate(2019, 4, 30))  # automatically detect border of Era
# 平成31年 04月30日
print(EraDate(2019, 5, 1))
# 令和01年 05月01日

print(EraDate.strptime("平成三十一年四月十九日", "%-K%-n年%-m月%-d日"))
# [EraDate(2019, 4, 19, Era('平成', 'Heisei', datetime.date(1989, 1, 8), datetime.date(2019, 5, 1), <EraType.GENERAL: 'general'>))]

print(EraDate.strptime("昭和25年05月01日", "%-K%-y年%m月%d日"))
# [EraDate(1950, 5, 1, Era('昭和', 'Shouwa', datetime.date(1926, 12, 25), datetime.date(1989, 1, 8), <EraType.GENERAL: 'general'>))]

era_of_1950_1_1: Era = EraDate(1950, 1, 1).era

print(era_of_1950_1_1.kanji)  # 昭和
print(era_of_1950_1_1.english)  # Shouwa
print(era_of_1950_1_1.english_vowel_shortened)  # Showa
print(era_of_1950_1_1.english_head)  # S
print(era_of_1950_1_1.since)  # datetime.date(1926, 12, 25)
print(era_of_1950_1_1.until)  # datetime.date(1989, 1, 8)
print(date(1950, 1, 1) in era_of_1950_1_1)  # True
print(date(1926, 12, 25) in era_of_1950_1_1)  # True
print(date(1989, 1, 8) in era_of_1950_1_1)  # False
print(era_of_1950_1_1.strftime(date(1950, 5, 1), "%-K%-y年 %m月%d日"))  # 昭和25年05月01日
print(era_of_1950_1_1.strftime(date(1950, 5, 1), "%-K%-n年 %-m月%-d日"))  # 昭和二十五年 五月一日
print(era_of_1950_1_1.strftime(date(1926, 12, 25), "%-K%-n年 %-m月%-d日"))  # 昭和元年 十二月二十五日  # 元 for 1st year
print(repr(era_of_1950_1_1.strptime("昭和25年05月01日", "%-K%-y年%m月%d日")))
# EraDatetime(1950, 5, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, None, Era('昭和', 'Shouwa', datetime.date(1926, 12, 25), datetime.date(1989, 1, 8), <EraType.GENERAL: 'general'>))

era_date = EraDate(1420, 5, 6)
# or EraDate.from_date(date(1420, 5, 6))
print(era_date.era.kanji)  # 応永
print(era_date.strftime("%-K(%-E)%-Y年%m月%d日"))  # 応永(Ouei)27年05月06日

era_datetime = EraDateTime(1420, 5, 6, 12)
# or EraDateTime.from_datetime(datetime(1420, 5, 6, 12))
print(era_datetime.era.kanji)  # 応永
print(era_datetime.strftime("%-K(%-e)%-Y年%m月%d日(%-a) %H時"))  # 応永(Oei)27年05月06日(土) 12時

Documentation

Additional format codes

Directive	Meaning	Example
%-K	Era's name in Kanji	令和, 平成, 昭和, e.t.c.
%-E	Era's name in English	Reiwa, Heisei, Shouwa, e.t.c.
%-e	Era's name in English but redundant vowels(ou, ei) are shortened. e.g. 'Shouwa' -> 'Showa'.	Reiwa, Heisei, Showa, e.t.c.
%-h	Head of Era's name in English.	R, H, S, e.t.c.
%-n	Relative year to beginning of Era in Kanji. parse '元' as 1. Up to 99.	元, 二, ..., 九十九,
%-N	Relative year to beginning of Era in Kanji. parse '元' as 1. Up to 9999.	元, 二, ..., 九千九百九十九
%-y	Relative year to beginning of Era in Arabic number. parse '元' as 1. Up to 99.	元, 2, ..., 99,
%-Y	Relative year to beginning of Era in Arabic number. parse '元' as 1. Up to 9999.	元, 2, ..., 9999
%-m	Month of the date in Kanji.	一, 二, ..., 十二
%-d	Day of the date in Kanji.	一, 二, ..., 三十一
%-a	Weekday of the date in Kanji.	月, 火, 水, 木, 金, 土, 日

EraDate(datetime.date)

properties

• instance.era: japanera.Era object

and members inherited from datetime.date

EraDate(year: int, month: Optional[int]=None, day: Optional[int]=None, era: Era=None)

• year, month, day: All must be acceptable value for datetime.date
• era: instance of japanera.Era. If not provided, find by japanera.parser.find_era_and_date(absolute_year=year, month=month, day=day)

If multiple Era are available, The one starting latest is used. If no Japanese Era is found, use Common Era(西暦). Return japanera.EraDate object.

EraDate().strftime(format: str)

• format: format.

Directives above and datetime.date.strftime directives are available.

Return str

EraDate.strptime(date_string: str, format: str, allow_date_after_end_of_era: bool=False)

• date_string: date string
• format: format.
• allow_date_after_end_of_era: If True, allow date after end of era. For example, if allow_date_after_end_of_era is True, EraDate().strftime("昭和99年01月01日", "%-K%-y年%m月%d日") will be valid although Showa is only 64 years long.

Directives above and datetime.date.strftime directives are available. Return list of EraDate for earliest date in every possible Era.

EraDate.from_date(dt: datetime.date, era: Optional[Era]=None)

• dt: instance of datetime.date
• era: instance of japanera.Era

Return EraData(year=dt.year, month=dt.month, day=dt.day, era=era)

EraDate.list_from_date(dt: datetime.date, eras: Optional[List[Era]]=[])

• dt: instance of datetime.date
• eras: list of japanera.Era

Return EraData(year=dt.year, month=dt.month, day=dt.day, era=era) for every era in eras. If eras is empty, return EraData(year=dt.year, month=dt.month, day=dt.day, era=era) for every era that includes provided date.

EraDate().to_date()

Return datetime.date object have same time information

EraDateTime(EraDate, datetime.datetime)

properties

• instance.era: japanera.Era object

and members inherited from datetime.datetime

EraDateTime(year: int, month: Optional[int]=None, day: Optional[int]=None, hour: int=0, minute: int=0, second: int=0, microsecond: int=0, tzinfo: Optional[datetime.tzinfo]=None, *, fold: int=0, era: Optional[Era]=None)

• year, month, day, hour, minute, second, microsecond, tzinfo, fold: All must be acceptable value for datetime.datetime
• era: instance of japanera.Era. If not provided, find by japanera.parser.find_era_and_date(absolute_year=year, month=month, day=day)

Return japanera.EraDateTime object.

EraDateTime().strftime(format: str)

• format: format.

same as EraDate().strftime(format)

EraDate().from_datetime(dtt: datetime.datetime, era: Optional[Era]=None)

• dtt: instance of datetime.datetime
• era: instance of japanera.Era

Return EraDateTime(year=dtt.year, month=dtt.month, day=dtt.day, hour=dtt.hour, minute=dtt.minute, second=dtt.second, microsecond=dtt.microsecond, tzinfo=dtt.tzinfo, fold=dtt.fold, era=era)

EraDateTime.list_from_datetime(dtt: datetime.datetime, eras: Optional[List[Era]]=None)

• dtt: instance of datetime.datetime
• eras: list of japanera.Era

Return EraDateTime(year=dtt.year, month=dtt.month, day=dtt.day, hour=dtt.hour, minute=dtt.minute, second=dtt.second, microsecond=dtt.microsecond, tzinfo=dtt.tzinfo, fold=dtt.fold, era=era) for every era in eras. If eras is empty, return EraDateTime(year=dtt.year, month=dtt.month, day=dtt.day, hour=dtt.hour, minute=dtt.minute, second=dtt.second, microsecond=dtt.microsecond, tzinfo=dtt.tzinfo, fold=dtt.fold, era=era) for every era that includes provided datetime.

EraDateTime().to_datetime()

Return datetime.datetime object have same time information

Era(kanji, english, since, until, era_type)

• kanji - str: kanji letter of era. e.g. "大正"
• english - str: english letter of pronunciation of era. e.g. "Taishou"
• since - datetime.date: start of the era. This day is included to this era.
• until - datetime.date: end of the era. This day is excluded to this era.
• era_type - japanera.EraType: Type of This Era. EraType.COMMON, EraType.GENERAL, EraType.JIMYOUIN or EraType.DAIKAKUJI. EraType.COMMON is a Western style common era.

Era().english_vowel_shortened -> str

Return self.english vowel shortened. exp. "Taishou" -> "Taisho"

Era().english_head -> str

Return the first letter of self.english

Era().relative_year_to_absolute_year(relative_year: int) -> int

Convert relative year to absolute year. e.g. Era("大正", "Taishou", datetime.date(1912, 7, 30), datetime.date(1926, 12, 25), EraType.GENERAL).relative_year_to_absolute_year(2) will be 1913

Era().absolute_year_to_relative_year(absolute_year: int) -> int

Convert absolute year to relative year. e.g. Era("大正", "Taishou", datetime.date(1912, 7, 30), datetime.date(1926, 12, 25), EraType.GENERAL).absolute_year_to_relative_year(1913) will be 2

Era().calc_absolute_year(dt: datetime.date) -> int

Return absolute year of dt in this era. e.g. Era("大正", "Taishou", datetime.date(1912, 7, 30), datetime.date(1926, 12, 25), EraType.GENERAL).calc_absolute_year(datetime.date(1913, 1, 1)) will be 2

Era().strftime(dtt: Union[datetime.date, datetime.datetime], format: str) -> str

• dtt: instance of datetime.date or datetime.datetime
• format: format.

return formatted string. e.g. Era("大正", "Taishou", datetime.date(1912, 7, 30), datetime.date(1926, 12, 25), EraType.GENERAL).strftime(datetime.date(1913, 1, 1), "%-K%-y年") will be "大正二年"

Era().strptime(date_string: str, format: str) -> EraDateTime

• date_string: date string
• format: format.

return EraDateTime object. e.g. Era("大正", "Taishou", datetime.date(1912, 7, 30), datetime.date(1926, 12, 25), EraType.GENERAL).strptime("大正二年", "%-K%-y年") will be EraDateTime(1913, 1, 1, era=Era("大正", "Taishou", datetime.date(1912, 7, 30), datetime.date(1926, 12, 25), EraType.GENERAL)) Even if date_string is after this era, EraDateTime object will be returned.

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