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• Jalali (Shamsi) date and datetime (based on python datetime's module)

  • Convert Jalali to Gregorian date/datetime and vice versa
  • Support comparison and arithmetic operators such as +, -, ==, >=
  • Support timezone

• Convert Arabic and Persian characters/digits to each other

Install Package

pip install persiantools

How to use

Date

>>> from persiantools.jdatetime import JalaliDate
>>> import datetime
>>> JalaliDate.today()
JalaliDate(1395, 4, 18, Jomeh)
>>> JalaliDate(1369, 7, 1)
JalaliDate(1369, 7, 1, Yekshanbeh)
>>> JalaliDate(datetime.date(1990, 9, 23)) # Gregorian to Jalali
JalaliDate(1369, 7, 1, Yekshanbeh)
>>> JalaliDate.to_jalali(2013, 9, 16) # Gregorian to Jalali
JalaliDate(1392, 6, 25, Doshanbeh)
>>> JalaliDate(1392, 6, 25).to_gregorian() # Jalali to Gregorian
datetime.date(2013, 9, 16)
>>> JalaliDate.fromtimestamp(578707200) # Timestamp to Jalali
JalaliDate(1367, 2, 14, Chaharshanbeh)

Datetime

>>> from persiantools.jdatetime import JalaliDateTime
>>> import datetime, pytz
>>> JalaliDateTime.now()
JalaliDateTime(1395, 4, 18, 1, 43, 24, 720505)
>>> JalaliDateTime.now().to_gregorian() # Jalali to Gregorian
datetime.datetime(2016, 7, 8, 1, 43, 24, 720505)
>>> JalaliDateTime.to_jalali(datetime.datetime(1988, 5, 4, 14, 0, 0, 0)) # Gregorian to Jalali
JalaliDateTime(1367, 2, 14, 14, 0)
>>> JalaliDateTime.fromtimestamp(578723400, pytz.timezone("Asia/Tehran")) # Timestamp to Jalali
JalaliDateTime(1367, 2, 14, 8, 0, tzinfo=<DstTzInfo 'Asia/Tehran' +0330+3:30:00 STD>)
>>> JalaliDateTime.now(pytz.utc)
JalaliDateTime(1395, 4, 17, 21, 23, 53, 474618, tzinfo=<UTC>)

Format

Based on python strftime() behavior

>>> from persiantools.jdatetime import JalaliDate, JalaliDateTime
>>> import pytz
>>> JalaliDate(1367, 2, 14).isoformat()
'1367年02月14日'
>>> JalaliDate(1395, 3, 1).strftime("%Y/%m/%d")
'1395年03月01日'
>>> JalaliDateTime(1369, 7, 1, 14, 0, 10, 0, pytz.utc).strftime("%c")
'Yekshanbeh 01 Mehr 1369 14:00:10'
>>> JalaliDateTime.now(pytz.utc).strftime("%I:%M:%S.%f %p %z %Z")
'01:49:22.518523 PM +0000 UTC'

Digit/Character converter

>>> from persiantools import characters, digits
>>> digits.en_to_fa("0987654321")
'۰۹۸۷۶۵۴۳۲۱'
>>> digits.ar_to_fa("٠٩٨٧٦٥٤٣٢١") # or digits.ar_to_fa(u"٠٩٨٧٦٥٤٣٢١")
'۰۹۸۷۶۵۴۳۲۱'
>>> digits.fa_to_en("۰۹۸۷۶۵۴۳۲۱")
'0987654321'
>>> digits.fa_to_ar("۰۹۸۷۶۵۴۳۲۱")
'٠٩٨٧٦٥٤٣٢١'
>>> characters.ar_to_fa("كيك")
'کیک'

Operators

>>> from persiantools.jdatetime import JalaliDate, JalaliDateTime
>>> import datetime
>>> JalaliDate(1367, 2, 14) == JalaliDate(datetime.date(1988, 5, 4))
True
>>> JalaliDateTime(1367, 2, 14, 4, 30) >= JalaliDateTime(1369, 7, 1, 1, 0)
False
>>> JalaliDate(1367, 2, 14) == datetime.date(1988, 5, 4)
True
>>> JalaliDate(1395, 2, 14) + datetime.timedelta(days=38)
JalaliDate(1395, 3, 21, Jomeh)
>>> JalaliDateTime(1395, 12, 30) - JalaliDateTime(1395, 1, 1)
datetime.timedelta(365)

Serializing and de-serializing

>>> from persiantools.jdatetime import JalaliDate
>>> import pickle
>>> # Serializing
>>> file = open("save.p", "wb")
>>> pickle.dump(JalaliDate(1367, 2, 14), file)
>>> file.close()
>>> # de-serializing
>>> file = open("save.p", "rb")
>>> jalali = pickle.load(file)
>>> file.close()
>>> jalali
JalaliDate(1367, 2, 14, Chaharshanbeh)