relativetimebuilder 3.0.0

A library for using the dateutil relativedeltas for calendar precision with aniso8601

RelativeTimeBuilder

aniso8601 builder for dateutil relativedeltas

Features

• Provides RelativeTimeBuilder compatible with aniso8601
• Returns dateutil relativedelta objects for durations

Installation

The recommended installation method is to use pip:

$ pip install relativetimebuilder

Alternatively, you can download the source (git repository hosted at Bitbucket) and install directly:

$ python setup.py install

Use

Parsing datetimes

To parse a typical ISO 8601 datetime string:

>>> import aniso8601
>>> from relativetimebuilder import RelativeTimeBuilder
>>> aniso8601.parse_datetime('1977-06-10T12:00:00', builder=RelativeTimeBuilder)
datetime.datetime(1977, 6, 10, 12, 0)

Alternative delimiters can be specified, for example, a space:

>>> aniso8601.parse_datetime('1977-06-10 12:00:00', delimiter=' ', builder=RelativeTimeBuilder)
datetime.datetime(1977, 6, 10, 12, 0)

Both UTC (Z) and UTC offsets for timezones are supported:

>>> aniso8601.parse_datetime('1977-06-10T12:00:00Z', builder=RelativeTimeBuilder)
datetime.datetime(1977, 6, 10, 12, 0, tzinfo=+0:00:00 UTC)
>>> aniso8601.parse_datetime('1979-06-05T08:00:00-08:00', builder=RelativeTimeBuilder)
datetime.datetime(1979, 6, 5, 8, 0, tzinfo=-8:00:00 UTC)

Leap seconds are explicitly not supported:

>>> aniso8601.parse_datetime('2018-03-06T23:59:60', builder=RelativeTimeBuilder)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/home/nielsenb/Jetfuse/aniso8601/aniso8601/aniso8601/time.py", line 132, in parse_datetime
    return builder.build_datetime(datepart, timepart)
  File "/home/nielsenb/Jetfuse/aniso8601/aniso8601/aniso8601/builders/python.py", line 181, in build_datetime
    cls._build_object(time))
  File "/home/nielsenb/Jetfuse/aniso8601/aniso8601/aniso8601/builders/__init__.py", line 64, in _build_object
    ss=parsetuple[2], tz=parsetuple[3])
  File "/home/nielsenb/Jetfuse/aniso8601/aniso8601/aniso8601/builders/python.py", line 141, in build_time
    raise LeapSecondError('Leap seconds are not supported.')
aniso8601.exceptions.LeapSecondError: Leap seconds are not supported.

Parsing dates

To parse a date represented in an ISO 8601 string:

>>> import aniso8601
>>> from relativetimebuilder import RelativeTimeBuilder
>>> aniso8601.parse_date('1984-04-23', builder=RelativeTimeBuilder)
datetime.date(1984, 4, 23)

Basic format is supported as well:

>>> aniso8601.parse_date('19840423', builder=RelativeTimeBuilder)
datetime.date(1984, 4, 23)

To parse a date using the ISO 8601 week date format:

>>> aniso8601.parse_date('1986-W38-1', builder=RelativeTimeBuilder)
datetime.date(1986, 9, 15)

To parse an ISO 8601 ordinal date:

>>> aniso8601.parse_date('1988-132', builder=RelativeTimeBuilder)
datetime.date(1988, 5, 11)

Parsing times

To parse a time formatted as an ISO 8601 string:

>>> import aniso8601
>>> from relativetimebuilder import RelativeTimeBuilder
>>> aniso8601.parse_time('11:31:14', builder=RelativeTimeBuilder)
datetime.time(11, 31, 14)

As with all of the above, basic format is supported:

>>> aniso8601.parse_time('113114', builder=RelativeTimeBuilder)
datetime.time(11, 31, 14)

A UTC offset can be specified for times:

>>> aniso8601.parse_time('17:18:19-02:30', builder=RelativeTimeBuilder)
datetime.time(17, 18, 19, tzinfo=-2:30:00 UTC)
>>> aniso8601.parse_time('171819Z', builder=RelativeTimeBuilder)
datetime.time(17, 18, 19, tzinfo=+0:00:00 UTC)

Reduced accuracy is supported:

>>> aniso8601.parse_time('21:42', builder=RelativeTimeBuilder)
datetime.time(21, 42)
>>> aniso8601.parse_time('22', builder=RelativeTimeBuilder)
datetime.time(22, 0)

A decimal fraction is always allowed on the lowest order element of an ISO 8601 formatted time:

>>> aniso8601.parse_time('22:33.5', builder=RelativeTimeBuilder)
datetime.time(22, 33, 30)
>>> aniso8601.parse_time('23.75', builder=RelativeTimeBuilder)
datetime.time(23, 45)

Leap seconds are explicitly not supported and attempting to parse one raises a LeapSecondError:

>>> aniso8601.parse_time('23:59:60', builder=RelativeTimeBuilder)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/home/nielsenb/Jetfuse/aniso8601/aniso8601/aniso8601/time.py", line 117, in parse_time
    return _RESOLUTION_MAP[get_time_resolution(timestr)](timestr, tz, builder)
  File "/home/nielsenb/Jetfuse/aniso8601/aniso8601/aniso8601/time.py", line 166, in _parse_second_time
    return builder.build_time(hh=hourstr, mm=minutestr, ss=secondstr, tz=tz)
  File "/home/nielsenb/Jetfuse/aniso8601/aniso8601/aniso8601/builders/python.py", line 141, in build_time
    raise LeapSecondError('Leap seconds are not supported.')
aniso8601.exceptions.LeapSecondError: Leap seconds are not supported.

Parsing durations

Parsing durations returns relativedelta objects from dateutil for calendar level accuracy.

To parse a duration formatted as an ISO 8601 string:

>>> import aniso8601
>>> from relativetimebuilder import RelativeTimeBuilder
>>> aniso8601.parse_duration('P1Y2M3DT4H54M6S', builder=RelativeTimeBuilder)
relativedelta(years=+1, months=+2, days=+3, hours=+4, minutes=+54, seconds=+6)

Reduced accuracy is supported:

>>> aniso8601.parse_duration('P1Y', builder=RelativeTimeBuilder)
relativedelta(years=+1)

A decimal fraction is allowed on the lowest order element:

>>> aniso8601.parse_duration('P1YT3.5M', builder=RelativeTimeBuilder)
relativedelta(years=+1, minutes=+3.5)

The decimal fraction can be specified with a comma instead of a full-stop:

>>> aniso8601.parse_duration('P1YT3,5M', builder=RelativeTimeBuilder)
relativedelta(years=+1, minutes=+3.5)

Decimal fractions are not supported for years or months as calendar level accuracy would not be guaranteed:

>>> aniso8601.parse_duration('P1Y2.5M', builder=RelativeTimeBuilder)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/home/nielsenb/Jetfuse/aniso8601/aniso8601/aniso8601/duration.py", line 30, in parse_duration
    return _parse_duration_prescribed(isodurationstr, builder)
  File "/home/nielsenb/Jetfuse/aniso8601/aniso8601/aniso8601/duration.py", line 75, in _parse_duration_prescribed
    return _parse_duration_prescribed_notime(durationstr, builder)
  File "/home/nielsenb/Jetfuse/aniso8601/aniso8601/aniso8601/duration.py", line 119, in _parse_duration_prescribed_notime
    PnW=weekstr, PnD=daystr)
  File "relativetimebuilder/__init__.py", line 24, in build_duration
    raise RelativeValueError('Fractional months and years are not '
relativetimebuilder.RelativeValueError: Fractional months and years are not defined for relative durations.
>>> aniso8601.parse_duration('P1.5Y', builder=RelativeTimeBuilder)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/home/nielsenb/Jetfuse/aniso8601/aniso8601/aniso8601/duration.py", line 30, in parse_duration
    return _parse_duration_prescribed(isodurationstr, builder)
  File "/home/nielsenb/Jetfuse/aniso8601/aniso8601/aniso8601/duration.py", line 75, in _parse_duration_prescribed
    return _parse_duration_prescribed_notime(durationstr, builder)
  File "/home/nielsenb/Jetfuse/aniso8601/aniso8601/aniso8601/duration.py", line 119, in _parse_duration_prescribed_notime
    PnW=weekstr, PnD=daystr)
  File "relativetimebuilder/__init__.py", line 24, in build_duration
    raise RelativeValueError('Fractional months and years are not '
relativetimebuilder.RelativeValueError: Fractional months and years are not defined for relative durations.

Parsing a duration from a combined date and time is supported as well:

>>> aniso8601.parse_duration('P0001-01-02T01:30:5', builder=RelativeTimeBuilder)
relativedelta(years=+1, months=+1, days=+2, hours=+1, minutes=+30, seconds=+5)

Parsing intervals

Intervals are built using relativedelta objects from dateutil for calendar level accuracy.

To parse an interval specified by a start and end:

>>> import aniso8601
>>> from relativetimebuilder import RelativeTimeBuilder
>>> aniso8601.parse_interval('2007-03-01T13:00:00/2008-05-11T15:30:00', builder=RelativeTimeBuilder)
(datetime.datetime(2007, 3, 1, 13, 0), datetime.datetime(2008, 5, 11, 15, 30))

Intervals specified by a start time and a duration are supported:

>>> aniso8601.parse_interval('2007-03-01T13:00:00/P1Y2M10DT2H30M', builder=RelativeTimeBuilder)
(datetime.datetime(2007, 3, 1, 13, 0), datetime.datetime(2008, 5, 11, 15, 30))

A duration can also be specified by a duration and end time:

>>> aniso8601.parse_interval('P1M/1981-04-05', builder=RelativeTimeBuilder)
(datetime.date(1981, 4, 5), datetime.date(1981, 3, 5))

Notice that the result of the above parse is not in order from earliest to latest. If sorted intervals are required, simply use the sorted keyword as shown below:

>>> sorted(aniso8601.parse_interval('P1M/1981-04-05', builder=RelativeTimeBuilder))
[datetime.date(1981, 3, 5), datetime.date(1981, 4, 5)]

The end of an interval is returned as a datetime when required to maintain the resolution specified by a duration, even if the duration start is given as a date:

>>> aniso8601.parse_interval('2014-11-12/PT4H54M6.5S', builder=RelativeTimeBuilder)
(datetime.date(2014, 11, 12), datetime.datetime(2014, 11, 12, 4, 54, 6, 500000))
>>> aniso8601.parse_interval('2007-03-01/P1.5D', builder=RelativeTimeBuilder)
(datetime.date(2007, 3, 1), datetime.datetime(2007, 3, 2, 12, 0))

Repeating intervals are supported as well, and return a generator:

>>> aniso8601.parse_repeating_interval('R3/1981-04-05/P1D', builder=RelativeTimeBuilder)
<generator object _date_generator at 0x7f0862919fa0>
>>> list(aniso8601.parse_repeating_interval('R3/1981-04-05/P1D', builder=RelativeTimeBuilder))
[datetime.date(1981, 4, 5), datetime.date(1981, 4, 6), datetime.date(1981, 4, 7)]

Repeating intervals are allowed to go in the reverse direction:

>>> list(aniso8601.parse_repeating_interval('R2/PT1H2M/1980-03-05T01:01:00', builder=RelativeTimeBuilder))
[datetime.datetime(1980, 3, 5, 1, 1), datetime.datetime(1980, 3, 4, 23, 59)]

Unbounded intervals are also allowed (Python 2):

>>> result = aniso8601.parse_repeating_interval('R/PT1H2M/1980-03-05T01:01:00', builder=RelativeTimeBuilder)
>>> result.next()
datetime.datetime(1980, 3, 5, 1, 1)
>>> result.next()
datetime.datetime(1980, 3, 4, 23, 59)

or for Python 3:

>>> result = aniso8601.parse_repeating_interval('R/PT1H2M/1980-03-05T01:01:00', builder=RelativeTimeBuilder)
>>> next(result)
datetime.datetime(1980, 3, 5, 1, 1)
>>> next(result)
datetime.datetime(1980, 3, 4, 23, 59)

Intervals are calculated with calendar level accuracy:

>>> aniso8601.parse_interval('2003-01-27/P1M', builder=RelativeTimeBuilder)
(datetime.date(2003, 1, 27), datetime.date(2003, 2, 27))
>>> aniso8601.parse_interval('2003-01-31/P1M', builder=RelativeTimeBuilder)
(datetime.date(2003, 1, 31), datetime.date(2003, 2, 28))
>>> aniso8601.parse_interval('P1Y/2001-02-28', builder=RelativeTimeBuilder)
(datetime.date(2001, 2, 28), datetime.date(2000, 2, 28))

Fractional years and months do not make sense for relative intervals:

>>> aniso8601.parse_interval('P1.1Y/2001-02-28', builder=RelativeTimeBuilder)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/home/nielsenb/Jetfuse/aniso8601/aniso8601/aniso8601/interval.py", line 40, in parse_interval
    intervaldelimiter, datetimedelimiter)
  File "/home/nielsenb/Jetfuse/aniso8601/aniso8601/aniso8601/interval.py", line 98, in _parse_interval
    return builder.build_interval(end=enddate, duration=duration)
  File "/home/nielsenb/Jetfuse/aniso8601/aniso8601/aniso8601/builders/python.py", line 311, in build_interval
    durationobject = cls._build_object(duration)
  File "/home/nielsenb/Jetfuse/aniso8601/aniso8601/aniso8601/builders/__init__.py", line 71, in _build_object
    TnS=parsetuple[6])
  File "relativetimebuilder/__init__.py", line 24, in build_duration
    raise RelativeValueError('Fractional months and years are not '
relativetimebuilder.RelativeValueError: Fractional months and years are not defined for relative durations.

Development

Setup

It is recommended to develop using a virtualenv.

Configure the development environment and pull in any required dependencies:

$ python setup.py develop

Tests

Tests can be run using the unittest testing framework:

$ python -m unittest discover relativetimebuilder

Contributing

RelativeTimeBuilder is an open source project hosted on Bitbucket.

Any and all bugs are welcome on our issue tracker.