convertdate 2.0.5

Installing

pip install convertdate

Or download the package and run python setup.py install.

Using

from convertdate import french_republican
from convertdate import hebrew

french_republican.from_gregorian(2014, 10, 31)
# (223, 2, 1, 9)

hebrew.from_gregorian(2014, 10, 31)
# (5775, 8, 7)

Note that in some calendar systems, the day begins at sundown. Convertdate gives the conversion for noon of the day in question.

Each module includes a monthcalendar function, which will generate a calender-like nested list for a year and month (each list of dates runs from Sunday to Saturday)

hebrew.monthcalendar(5775, 8)
# [
#     [None, None, None, None, None, None, 1],
#     [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8],
#     [9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15],
#     [16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22],
#     [23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29]
# ]

julian.monthcalendar(2015, 1)
# [
#    [None, None, None, 1, 2, 3, 4],
#    [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11],
#    [12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18],
#    [19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25],
#    [26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, None]
# ]

Before the Common Era

For dates before the Common Era (year 1), convertdate uses astronomical notation: 1 BC is recorded as 0, 2 BC is -1, etc. This makes arithmatic much easier at the expense of ignoring custom.

Note that for dates before 4 CE, convertdate uses the proleptic Julian calendar. The Julian Calendar was in use from 45 BC, but before 4 CE the leap year leap year pattern was irregular.

The proleptic Gregorian calendar is used for dates before 1582 CE, the year of the Gregorian calendar reform.

Holidays

North American holidays are the current focus of the holidays module, but pull requests are welcome.

from convertdate import holidays

# For simplicity, functions in the holidays module return a tuple
# In the format (year, month, day)

holidays.new_years(2014)
# (2014, 1, 1)

holidays.memorial_day(2014)
# (2014, 5, 26)

# USA is default
holidays.thanksgiving(2014)
# (2014, 11, 27)

# But there is a Canadian option for some holidays
holidays.thanksgiving(2014, 'canada')
# (2014, 10, 13)

# Mexican national holidays
holidays.natalicio_benito_juarez(2016)
# (2016, 3, 21)

holidays.dia_revolucion(2016)
# (2016, 11, 21)

# Some Jewish holidays are included
holidays.rosh_hashanah(2014)

Utils

Convertdate includes some utilities for manipulating and calculating dates.

from convertdate import utils

# Calculate an arbitrary day of the week
THUR = 3
APRIL = 4

# 3rd Thursday in April
utils.nth_day_of_month(3, THUR, APRIL, 2014)
# (2014, 4, 17)

utils.nth_day_of_month(5, THUR, APRIL, 2014)
# IndexError: No 5th day of month 4

# Use 0 for the first argument to get the last weekday of a month
utils.nth_day_of_month(0, THUR, APRIL, 2014)
# (2014, 4, 24)

Note that when calculating weekdays, convertdate uses the convention of the calendar and time modules: Monday is 0, Sunday is 6.

from convertdate import gregorian

SUN = 6

day = gregorian.to_jd(2014, 4, 17)
nextsunday = utils.next_weekday(SUN, day)

gregorian.from_jd(nextsunday)
# (2014, 4, 20)

Other utility functions:

• nearest_weekday

• next_or_current_weekday

• previous_weekday

• previous_or_current_weekday