babel-edtf 1.1.4

Localization of Extended Date Time Format level 0 strings.

A Python module for localization of Extended Date Time Format (EDTF) level 0 strings.

EDTF is a syntax for specifying imprecise dates. See http://www.loc.gov/standards/datetime/. This modules relies on python-edtf for EDTF parsing.

Install

Babel-EDTF is on PyPI so all you need is:

$ pip install babel-edtf

Quickstart

Let’s format some EDTF strings:

>>> from babel_edtf import format_edtf
>>> format_edtf('2020-01', locale='en')
'Jan 2020'

>>> format_edtf('2020-01/2020-09', locale='da')
'jan.–sep. 2020'

>>> format_edtf('2020-01/2020-09', format='long', locale='en')
'January\u2009–\u2009September 2020'

The following formats are supported:

• short

• medium

• long

• full

Changes

Version 1.1.4 (released 2024-03-05)

• fix: fail parsing 29th of February on leap years

Version 1.1.3 (released 2023-11-01)

• global: use custom parse_edtf in parse_edtf_level0

Version 1.1.2 (released 2023-10-19)

• add leading zeros for precise month and day

Version 1.1.1 (released 2023-10-19)

• convert isoparse values to string

Version 1.1.0 (released 2023-10-19)

• Add parse_edtf isoparse backed method

Version 1.0.0 (released 2020-11-06)

• Initial public release.