The package similar to Python's core datetime package that
operates on Bikram Sambat (B.S) date & Nepal Time +05:45.
$ pip install nepali-datetimeThe Python3 core datetime library usage VS nepali_datetime usage.
# importing the module
>>> import datetime
>>> import nepali_datetime
# getting today's date
>>> datetime.date.today()
>>> nepali_datetime.date.today()
# getting now datetime
>>> datetime.datetime.now()
>>> nepali_datetime.datetime.now()
# creating date object
>>> datetime.date(2020, 9, 4)
>>> nepali_datetime.date(2077, 5, 19)
# creating datetime object
>>> datetime.datetime(2020, 9, 4, 8, 26, 10, 123456)
>>> nepali_datetime.datetime(2077, 5, 19, 8, 26, 10, 123456)The equivalence is not limited to just getting current datetime. Its supports most of the methods from Python's core datetime library.
Complete documentations can be found here.
For contribution check the guidelines in CONTRIBUTING.md.