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pytimeparse: time expression parser
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Copyright (c) 2014 Will Roberts <wildwilhelm@gmail.com>
Licensed under the MIT License (see source file ``timeparse.py`` for
details).
A small Python library to parse various kinds of time expressions,
inspired by
`this StackOverflow question <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4628122/how-to-construct-a-timedelta-object-from-a-simple-string>`_.
The single function ``pytimeparse.timeparse.timeparse`` defined in the
library (also available as ``pytimeparse.parse``) parses time
expressions like the following:
- ``32m``
- ``2h32m``
- ``3d2h32m``
- ``1w3d2h32m``
- ``1w 3d 2h 32m``
- ``1 w 3 d 2 h 32 m``
- ``4:13``
- ``4:13:02``
- ``4:13:02.266``
- ``2:04:13:02.266``
- ``2 days, 4:13:02`` (``uptime`` format)
- ``2 days, 4:13:02.266``
- ``5hr34m56s``
- ``5 hours, 34 minutes, 56 seconds``
- ``5 hrs, 34 mins, 56 secs``
- ``2 days, 5 hours, 34 minutes, 56 seconds``
- ``1.2 m``
- ``1.2 min``
- ``1.2 mins``
- ``1.2 minute``
- ``1.2 minutes``
- ``172 hours``
- ``172 hr``
- ``172 h``
- ``172 hrs``
- ``172 hour``
- ``1.24 days``
- ``5 d``
- ``5 day``
- ``5 days``
- ``5.6 wk``
- ``5.6 week``
- ``5.6 weeks``
It returns the time as a number of seconds (an integer value if
possible, otherwise a floating-point number)::
>>> from pytimeparse import parse
>>> parse('1.2 minutes')
72
A number of seconds can be converted back into a string using the
``datetime`` module in the standard library, as noted in
`this other StackOverflow question <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/538666/python-format-timedelta-to-string>`_::
>>> from pytimeparse import parse
>>> import datetime
>>> parse('1 day, 14:20:16')
138016
>>> str(datetime.timedelta(seconds=138016))
'1 day, 14:20:16'
Future work
-----------
1. Give the user more flexibility over which characters to use as
separators between fields in a time expression (e.g., ``+`` might
be useful).
2. Internationalisation?
3. Wow, https://github.com/bear/parsedatetime .
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