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  <div class="section" id="introduction">
<h1>Introduction<a class="headerlink" href="#introduction" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p>This page introduce pyjalali to you.  If you want rather head into class and
methods&#8217; documentation see <a class="reference internal" href="py-modindex.html"><em>Module Index</em></a>.</p>
<div class="section" id="install">
<h2>Install<a class="headerlink" href="#install" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>In jcal source directory navigate to subdirectory <em>sources</em> and run <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">python</span>
<span class="pre">setup.py</span> <span class="pre">install</span></tt>.  You must have libjalali installed before.</p>
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<div class="section" id="usage">
<h2>Usage<a class="headerlink" href="#usage" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>You can use most functionalities of standard datetime module by
<a class="reference internal" href="pyjalali.html#module-pyjalali.datetime" title="pyjalali.datetime"><tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">pyjalali.datetime</span></tt></a>:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">pyjalali.datetime</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">datetime</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">datetime</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">now</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="gp">... </span><span class="n">pyjalali</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">datetime</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">datetime</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">1392</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">12</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">23</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">40</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">18</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">772116</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">datetime</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">today</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="o">-</span> <span class="n">datetime</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">1367</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">11</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="gp">... </span><span class="n">datetime</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">timedelta</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">30</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">85313</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">805141</span><span class="p">)</span>
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<p>There is also <a class="reference internal" href="pyjalali.html#pyjalali.datetime.date" title="pyjalali.datetime.date"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">pyjalali.datetime.date</span></tt></a>:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">pyjalali.datetime</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">date</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">date</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">today</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">isoformat</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="gp">... </span><span class="s">&#39;1392-12-01&#39;</span>
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<dl class="docutils">
<dt>You can make timezone aware datetimes:</dt>
<dd><div class="first last highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">pytz</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">timezone</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">now_in_teh</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">datetime</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">now</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">timezone</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;Asia/Tehran&#39;</span><span class="p">))</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="c"># see current time in another area</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">in_amsterdam</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">now_in_teh</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">astimezone</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">timezone</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;Europe/Amsterdam&#39;</span><span class="p">))</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">print</span> <span class="n">now_in_teh</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">time</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="n">in_amsterdam</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">time</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="gp">... </span><span class="mi">10</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="mi">42</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="mf">03.233978</span> <span class="mi">08</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="mi">12</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="mf">03.233978</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">in_amsterdam</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="n">now_in_teh</span>
<span class="gp">... </span><span class="bp">True</span>
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<p>To convert between Hijri Shamsi and Gregorian calendars, you can use functions
<a class="reference internal" href="pyjalali.html#pyjalali.datetime.jalali_from_gregorian" title="pyjalali.datetime.jalali_from_gregorian"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">jalali_from_gregorian()</span></tt></a> and
<a class="reference internal" href="pyjalali.html#pyjalali.datetime.gregorian_from_jalali" title="pyjalali.datetime.gregorian_from_jalali"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">gregorian_from_jalali()</span></tt></a> (or respectively
<a class="reference internal" href="pyjalali.html#pyjalali.datetime.g2j" title="pyjalali.datetime.g2j"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">g2j()</span></tt></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="pyjalali.html#pyjalali.datetime.j2g" title="pyjalali.datetime.j2g"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">j2g()</span></tt></a> for short).  Also you can use
<a class="reference internal" href="pyjalali.html#pyjalali.datetime.datetime.gregorian" title="pyjalali.datetime.datetime.gregorian"><tt class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">datetime.datetime.gregorian</span></tt></a> to get equal datetime in Gregorian
calendar.  This will be cached for future uses:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">datetime</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">datetime</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="n">_std_datetime</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">date</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="n">_std_date</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">pyjalali.datetime</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">jalali_from_gregorian</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">gregorian_from_jalali</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">datetime</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">date</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">jd</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">datetime</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">1389</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">21</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">11</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">12</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">23</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">10</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">gd</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">jd</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">gregorian</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">print</span> <span class="n">gd</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">jd</span>
<span class="gp">... </span><span class="mi">2011</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="mo">01</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="mi">30</span> <span class="mi">18</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="mi">23</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="mi">10</span>  <span class="mi">1389</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="mi">11</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="mi">10</span> <span class="mi">18</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="mi">23</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="mi">10</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">gregorian_from_jalali</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">jd</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="n">gd</span>
<span class="gp">... </span><span class="bp">True</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">jalali_from_gregorian</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">_std_date</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">today</span><span class="p">())</span>
<span class="gp">... </span><span class="n">pyjalali</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">datetime</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">date</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">1392</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">12</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">)</span>
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<p>Note unlike many Hijri Shamsi implementations, libjalali doesn&#8217;t work by
converting dates to Gregorian and forwarding operations to Gregorian date.
It&#8217;s a Hijri Shamsi calendar implementation from base.  The only place
pyjalali converts Hijri Shamsi date to Gregorian internally, is to work with
<a class="reference external" href="http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pytz">pytz</a> package in timezone aware datetimes.  So keep in mind libjalali
doesn&#8217;t offer a general converter for dates before UNIX Epoch and pyjalali
converters will fail for them.</p>
<p>If you need to invoke libjalali library functions directly, you can use wrapper
functions.  <a class="reference internal" href="pyjalali.html#module-pyjalali.jtime" title="pyjalali.jtime"><tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">jtime</span></tt></a> contains libjalali time functions.  Functions used
internally by libjalali resides in <a class="reference internal" href="pyjalali.html#module-pyjalali.jalali" title="pyjalali.jalali"><tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">jalali</span></tt></a>.  <a class="reference internal" href="pyjalali.html#module-pyjalali.jstr" title="pyjalali.jstr"><tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">jstr</span></tt></a> contains
functions for converting between dates and string representation.  Core
libjalali data structures are simulated in <a class="reference internal" href="pyjalali.html#module-pyjalali.types" title="pyjalali.types"><tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">types</span></tt></a>.</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">pyjalali.jtime</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">jlocaltime</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">print</span> <span class="n">jlocaltime</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">time</span><span class="p">()))</span>
<span class="gp">... </span><span class="mi">1392</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="mi">11</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="mi">2</span> <span class="mi">11</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="mi">29</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="mi">11</span> <span class="o">+</span><span class="mi">12600</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">IRST</span><span class="p">)</span>
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<div class="admonition note">
<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
<dl class="last docutils">
<dt>You can use functions <a class="reference internal" href="pyjalali.html#pyjalali.datetime.now" title="pyjalali.datetime.now"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">datetime.now()</span></tt></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="pyjalali.html#pyjalali.datetime.utcnow" title="pyjalali.datetime.utcnow"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">datetime.utcnow()</span></tt></a> in module level:</dt>
<dd><div class="first last highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">pyjalali.datetime</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">utcnow</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">utcnow</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="gp">... </span><span class="n">pyjalali</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">datetime</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">datetime</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">1392</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">12</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">20</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">18</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">27</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">651499</span><span class="p">)</span>
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</dd>
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<div class="section" id="version">
<h2>Version<a class="headerlink" href="#version" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>pyjalali is a very thin wrapper around libjalali.  Package&#8217;s version you see
in <tt class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">pyjalali.__init__.__version__</span></tt> cosists of 3 numbers describing
version of libjalali which pyjalali supposed to work with it and another
number that is revision of pyjalali itself.  So <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">0.6.11.92</span></tt> would expected
to work with libjalali version <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">0.6.11</span></tt>.</p>
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