bsdatetime 1.0.1

Bikram Sambat (Nepali) date/datetime conversion and utilities

bsdatetime

Lightweight, dependency‑free Bikram Sambat (Nepali) calendar utilities for Python.

Documentation: https://rajendra-katuwal.github.io/bsdatetime.docs/

What it does

• Convert between Gregorian (AD) and Bikram Sambat (BS)
• Format / parse BS dates (localized month + weekday names)
• Validate dates, get fiscal year, week number, ranges
• Provide current BS date/time helpers

Install

pip install bsdatetime

Quick start

import datetime, bsdatetime as bs

ad = datetime.date(2024, 12, 25)
bs_tuple = bs.ad_to_bs(ad)          # (2081, 9, 9)
ad_back = bs.bs_to_ad(*bs_tuple)    # 2024-12-25
text = bs.format_bs_date(*bs_tuple, "%B %d, %Y")  # भदौ 09, 2081
current_bs = bs.utils.get_current_bs_date()

Core API (most used)

• ad_to_bs(date)
• bs_to_ad(y, m, d)
• format_bs_date(y, m, d, fmt)
• parse_bs_date(text, fmt)
• is_valid_bs_date(y, m, d)
• utils.get_current_bs_date()

Supported range: BS 1975–2100 (≈ AD 1918–2043)

Django?

Use the companion package for model fields:

pip install django-bsdatetime

License

MIT