doc/api/trac_util_datefmt.rst
:mod:`trac.util.datefmt` -- Date and Time manipulation
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.. module :: trac.util.datefmt
Since version 0.10, Trac mainly uses `datetime.datetime` objects for
handling date and time values. This enables us to properly deal with
timezones so that time can be shown in the user's own local time.
Current time
------------
.. autofunction :: datetime_now
.. autofunction :: time_now
Conversion
----------
From "anything" to a `datetime`:
.. autofunction :: to_datetime
A `datetime` can be converted to milliseconds and microseconds
timestamps. The latter is the preferred representation for dates and
times values for storing them in the database, since Trac 0.12.
.. autofunction :: to_timestamp
.. autofunction :: to_utimestamp
Besides `to_datetime`, there's a specialized conversion from
microseconds timestamps to `datetime`:
.. autofunction :: from_utimestamp
Parsing
-------
.. autofunction :: parse_date
Formatting
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.. autofunction :: pretty_timedelta
.. autofunction :: format_datetime
Derivatives:
.. autofunction :: format_date
.. autofunction :: format_time
Propose suggestion for date/time input format:
.. autofunction :: get_date_format_hint
.. autofunction :: get_datetime_format_hint
.. autofunction :: http_date
.. autofunction :: is_24_hours
Formatting and parsing according to user preferences:
.. autofunction :: user_time
jQuery UI datepicker helpers
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.. autofunction :: get_date_format_jquery_ui
.. autofunction :: get_time_format_jquery_ui
.. autofunction :: get_day_names_jquery_ui
.. autofunction :: get_first_week_day_jquery_ui
.. autofunction :: get_month_names_jquery_ui
.. autofunction :: get_timezone_list_jquery_ui
Timezone utilities
------------------
.. data :: trac.util.datefmt.localtz
A global `LocalTimezone` instance.
.. autoclass :: LocalTimezone
.. data :: trac.util.datefmt.all_timezones
List of all available timezones. If pytz_ is installed, this
corresponds to a rich variety of "official" timezones, otherwise this
corresponds to `FixedOffset` instances, ranging from GMT -12:00 to GMT
+13:00.
.. autofunction :: timezone
.. autofunction :: get_timezone
.. autoclass :: FixedOffset
.. _pytz: http://pytz.sourceforge.net/