pytimeliner 0.4.1.3

Create a timeline by listing events with multilingual support.

PyTimeliner

PyTimeliner is a Python package for working with time-based functions such as formatting, time calculations, and multilingual time expressions. This package provides various tools for handling date and time calculations in multiple languages.

Features

• Format and humanize time expressions
• Perform date and time calculations
• Get time expressions in different languages
• Useful for applications requiring time-based utilities in various languages

Installation

Using setup.py

First, clone the repository and navigate to the project directory. Then, install the package with:

pip install -e .

This package uses googletrans for translation support. If you are using requirements.txt, make sure it contains:

googletrans==4.0.0-rc1

Usage

Using PyTimeliner, you can perform time calculations, format times, and translate time expressions.

Example Usage

from pytimeliner.timeliner import TimeLiner
from datetime import datetime

# English timeline
timeliner = TimeLiner(language='en')
print(timeliner.format_time(datetime.now()))
print(timeliner.time_since(datetime(2023, 1, 1, 12, 0, 0)))
timeliner.set_language('es')
print(timeliner.time_since(datetime(2023, 1, 1, 12, 0, 0)))

Output

2024-10-29 12:34:56
"298 days ago"        # English
"hace 298 días"       # Spanish (translated)

Development

To contribute to this project, please follow the GitHub Repository and create a fork. Make sure you have the following in requirements.txt:

googletrans==4.0.0-rc1

You can install the requirements with:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Running Tests

To run tests, use the tests folder which contains test files:

python -m unittest discover -s tests

Contributing

If you want to contribute, feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request. All contributions are welcome!