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.. image:: https://travis-ci.org/sdispater/pendulum.png
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:alt: Orator Build status
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:target: https://travis-ci.org/sdispater/pendulum
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Python datetimes made easy.
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>>> now_in_paris = pendulum.now('Europe/Paris')
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>>> now_in_paris
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'2016-07-04T00:49:58.502116+02:00'
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# Seamless timezone switching
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>>> now_in_paris.in_timezone('UTC')
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'2016-07-03T22:49:58.502116+00:00'
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>>> delta.in_words(locale='en')
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'6 days 23 hours 58 minutes'
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# Proper handling of datetime normalization
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>>> pendulum.create(2013, 3, 31, 2, 30, 0, 0, 'Europe/Paris')
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'2013-03-31T03:30:00+02:00' # 2:30 does not exist (Skipped time)
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# Proper handling of dst transitions
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>>> just_before = pendulum.create(2013, 3, 31, 1, 59, 59, 999999, 'Europe/Paris')
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'2013-03-31T01:59:59.999999+01:00'
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>>> just_before.add(microseconds=1)
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'2013-03-31T03:00:00+02:00'
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Why Pendulum?
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# Working with DST
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just_before = arrow.Arrow(2013, 3, 31, 1, 59, 59, 999999, 'Europe/Paris')
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just_after = just_before.replace(microseconds=1)
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'2013-03-31T02:00:00+02:00'
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# Should be 2013-03-31T03:00:00+02:00
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(just_after.to('utc') - just_before.to('utc')).total_seconds()
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# Should be 1e-06
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just_before = pendulum.create(2013, 3, 31, 1, 59, 59, 999999, 'Europe/Paris')
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just_after = just_before.add(microseconds=1)
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'2013-03-31T03:00:00+02:00'
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(just_after.in_timezone('utc') - just_before.in_timezone('utc')).total_seconds()
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