lunardate 0.1.1

A Chinese Calendar Library in Pure Python

A Chinese Calendar Library in Pure Python

Chinese Calendar: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_calendar

Usage:

>>> LunarDate.fromSolarDate(1976, 10, 1)
LunarDate(1976, 8, 8, 1)
>>> LunarDate(1976, 8, 8, 1).toSolarDate()
datetime.date(1976, 10, 1)
>>> LunarDate(1976, 8, 8, 1).year
1976
>>> LunarDate(1976, 8, 8, 1).month
8
>>> LunarDate(1976, 8, 8, 1).day
8
>>> LunarDate(1976, 8, 8, 1).isLeapMonth
True
>>>

Limits:

this library can only deal with year from 1900 to 2050 (in chinese calendar).

See also:

• lunar: http://packages.qa.debian.org/l/lunar.html, A converter written in C, this program is derived from it.

• python-lunar: http://code.google.com/p/liblunar/ Another library written in C, including a python binding.