date-formatter

A Python package for formatting strings into readable date strings

0.1.1
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date_time_format

a Python package that formats a ten character string to a date

Installation

pip install date_formatter

Usage

Minimal example

from date_formatter import *

date_time_string_US = "12-18-2014"
date_time_string_AUS = "18-12-2014"

myDates_US = DateFormatter.dateFormat(date_time_string_US, False, True, "US")
myDates_AUS = DateFormatter.dateFormat(date_time_string_AUS, True, False)

print(myDates_US)
print(myDates_AUS)

returns:

18-Dec-14
18 December 2014

Parameters

date_time_string: str The date string you want to format
USE_FULL_MONTH_NAME : bool Whether to display the full name of the month. If this is set to True, shows "January"; if this is set to False, shows "Jan".
USE_HYPHEN_AS_SPACER : bool Whether to show interval between characters as single space, or hyphen. If this is set to True, shows "18-Jan-14"; if this set to False, shows "18 Jan 14"
REGION_FORMAT : str, optional Which region's date format to use. If set to "US" assumes string is "MM-DD-YYYY"; if this is set to something or is missing, assumes string is "DD-MM-YYYY"

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