Linuxeden开源社区在使用 Python 的开发过程中，除了使用 datetime 标准库来处理时间和日期，还有许多第三方的开源库值得尝试。
1、Arrow
Arrow 是一个专门处理时间和日期的轻量级 Python 库，它提供了一种合理、智能的方式来创建、操作、格式化、转换时间和日期，并提供了一个支持许多常见构建方案的智能模块 API 。简单来说，它可以帮你以更简便的操作和更少的代码来使用日期和时间。其设计灵感主要来源于 moment.js 和 requests 。
Quick start
$ pip install arrow
>>> import arrow
>>> utc = arrow.utcnow()
>>> utc
<Arrow [2013-05-11T21:23:58.970460+00:00]>
>>> utc = utc.replace(hours=-1)
>>> utc
<Arrow [2013-05-11T20:23:58.970460+00:00]>
>>> local = utc.to('US/Pacific')
>>> local
<Arrow [2013-05-11T13:23:58.970460-07:00]>
>>> arrow.get('2013-05-11T21:23:58.970460+00:00')
<Arrow [2013-05-11T21:23:58.970460+00:00]>
>>> local.timestamp
1368303838
>>> local.format()
'2013-05-11 13:23:58 -07:00'
>>> local.format('YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss ZZ')
'2013-05-11 13:23:58 -07:00'
>>> local.humanize()
'an hour ago'
>>> local.humanize(locale='ko_kr')
'1시간 전'
2、Delorean
Delorean 提供了一个相比于 datetime 和 pytz 的更好的抽象，让你处理时间更容易。它有很多有用的处理时区的特性，标准化时区或者从一个时区改变到另外一个时区。
Quick start
from datetime import datetime
import pytz
est = pytz.timezone('US/Eastern')
d = datetime.now(pytz.utc)
d = est.normalize(d.astimezone(est))
return d
from delorean import Delorean
d = Delorean()
d = d.shift('US/Eastern')
return d
3、Pendulum
原生的 datetime 足够应付基本情况，但当面对更复杂的用例时，通常会有的捉襟见肘，不那么直观。 Pendulum 在标准库的基础之上，提供了一个更简洁，更易于使用的 API ，旨在让 Python datetime 更好用。
Quick start
>>> import pendulum
>>> now_in_paris = pendulum.now('Europe/Paris')
>>> now_in_paris
'2016-07-04T00:49:58.502116+02:00'
# Seamless timezone switching
>>> now_in_paris.in_timezone('UTC')
'2016-07-03T22:49:58.502116+00:00'
>>> tomorrow = pendulum.now().add(days=1)
>>> last_week = pendulum.now().subtract(weeks=1)
>>> if pendulum.now().is_weekend():
... print('Party!')
'Party!'
>>> past = pendulum.now().subtract(minutes=2)
>>> past.diff_for_humans()
>>> '2 minutes ago'
>>> delta = past - last_week
>>> delta.hours
23
>>> delta.in_words(locale='en')
'6 days 23 hours 58 minutes'
# Proper handling of datetime normalization
>>> pendulum.create(2013, 3, 31, 2, 30, 0, 0, 'Europe/Paris')
'2013-03-31T03:30:00+02:00' # 2:30 does not exist (Skipped time)
# Proper handling of dst transitions
>>> just_before = pendulum.create(2013, 3, 31, 1, 59, 59, 999999, 'Europe/Paris')
'2013-03-31T01:59:59.999999+01:00'
>>> just_before.add(microseconds=1)
'2013-03-31T03:00:00+02:00'
4、dateutil
dateutil 是 datetime 标准库的一个扩展库，几乎支持以所有字符串格式对日期进行通用解析，日期计算灵活，内部数据更新及时。
Quick start
>>> from dateutil.relativedelta import *
>>> from dateutil.easter import *
>>> from dateutil.rrule import *
>>> from dateutil.parser import *
>>> from datetime import *
>>> now = parse("Sat Oct 11 17:13:46 UTC 2003")
>>> today = now.date()
>>> year = rrule(YEARLY,dtstart=now,bymonth=8,bymonthday=13,byweekday=FR)[0].year
>>> rdelta = relativedelta(easter(year), today)
>>> print("Today is: %s" % today)
Today is: 2003-10-11
>>> print("Year with next Aug 13th on a Friday is: %s" % year)
Year with next Aug 13th on a Friday is: 2004
>>> print("How far is the Easter of that year: %s" % rdelta)
How far is the Easter of that year: relativedelta(months=+6)
>>> print("And the Easter of that year is: %s" % (today+rdelta))
And the Easter of that year is: 2004-04-11
5、moment
用于处理日期/时间的 Python 库，设计灵感同样是来源于 moment.js 和 requests ，设计理念源自 Times Python 模块。
Usage
import moment
from datetime import datetime
# Create a moment from a string
moment.date("12-18-2012")
# Create a moment with a specified strftime format
moment.date("12-18-2012", "%m-%d-%Y")
# Moment uses the awesome dateparser library behind the scenes
moment.date("2012-12-18")
# Create a moment with words in it
moment.date("December 18, 2012")
# Create a moment that would normally be pretty hard to do
moment.date("2 weeks ago")
# Create a future moment that would otherwise be really difficult
moment.date("2 weeks from now")
# Create a moment from the current datetime
moment.now()
# The moment can also be UTC-based
moment.utcnow()
# Create a moment with the UTC time zone
moment.utc("2012-12-18")
# Create a moment from a Unix timestamp
moment.unix(1355875153626)
# Create a moment from a Unix UTC timestamp
moment.unix(1355875153626, utc=True)
# Return a datetime instance
moment.date(2012, 12, 18).date
# We can do the same thing with the UTC method
moment.utc(2012, 12, 18).date
# Create and format a moment using Moment.js semantics
moment.now().format("YYYY-M-D")
# Create and format a moment with strftime semantics
moment.date(2012, 12, 18).strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
# Update your moment's time zone
moment.date(datetime(2012, 12, 18)).locale("US/Central").date
# Alter the moment's UTC time zone to a different time zone
moment.utcnow().timezone("US/Eastern").date
# Set and update your moment's time zone. For instance, I'm on the
# west coast, but want NYC's current time.
moment.now().locale("US/Pacific").timezone("US/Eastern")
# In order to manipulate time zones, a locale must always be set or
# you must be using UTC.
moment.utcnow().timezone("US/Eastern").date
# You can also clone a moment, so the original stays unaltered
now = moment.utcnow().timezone("US/Pacific")
future = now.clone().add(weeks=2)
6、When.py
提供对用户非常友好的特性来帮助执行常见的日期和时间操作。
Usage
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