How to install magicdate
- Download and install ActivePython
- Open Command Prompt
- Type
pypm install magicdate
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Convert from fuzzy dates like "yesterday", "2 weeks and 1 day ago", "next wed", "Jan 4", etc., to a datetime object.
This is useful for processing command line arguments:
>>> from optparse import OptionParser >>> import magicdate >>> parser = OptionParser(option_class=magicdate.MagicDateOption) >>> parser.add_option('-s', '--start', dest='start', type='magicdate', default=None) >>> parser.add_option('-e', '--end', dest='end', type='magicdate', default='today')
Now you can pass options like "today", "1996-01-01", etc., to your program.
Inspired by Simon Willison's dateparse.js.