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pytimeparse2: time expression parser

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This is a pytimeparse based project with the aim of optimizing functionality and providing stable support.

Copyright (c) 2021 Sergey Klyuykov <[email protected]>

Licensed under the MIT License (see source file pytimeparse2.py for details).

A small Python library to parse various kinds of time expressions, inspired by this StackOverflow question.

The single function pytimeparse2.parse defined in the library 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:

>>> 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. Speed up with Cython for some python versions.
  2. Use github actions for testing and releasing.

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