{"categories":[{"label":"Utilities","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/utilities/9"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Parses strings into datetime objects and formats datetime objects into strings using explicit, human-readable format specifications instead of strftime codes.","skillfed_tags":["date-time","abandoned"],"use_cases":["Parse dates from external APIs or data sources with a known, fixed format and timezone offset","Format datetime objects for output to systems expecting a specific date string layout","Handle dates with timezone information more explicitly than strftime allows","Replace strftime/strptime calls where the format spec is more readable than % codes"],"what_it_does":"dateformat wraps Python's datetime module to provide an alternative to strftime/strptime with a simpler, more readable format syntax. Instead of cryptic codes, you write YYYY-MM-DD. The package constructs a DateFormat object from a spec string, then uses its parse() and format() methods to convert between strings and datetime objects. It handles timezone offsets and named timezones (if pytz is available) more explicitly than the standard library.\n\nThe package was designed to address perceived gaps in existing solutions: better timezone handling, explicit format specification to avoid parsing ambiguity, and reusable format objects to avoid rebuilding parsers for each date. However, the project has been abandoned since 2019 and receives no maintenance.","worth_installing":"No. The package is abandoned (last release April 2019, no commits since November 2022) and has not been updated for modern Python versions. Unless you are maintaining legacy code that already depends on it, use Python's built-in datetime module with strftime/strptime, or consider actively maintained alternatives. High install friction and zero security updates compound the maintenance risk."},"id":"dateformat","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/dateformat","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/dateformat.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/dateformat/"},"maintenance":{"status":"abandoned"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2019-04-04","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"dateformat","python_support":"unspecified","summary":"Parse and format dates quickly"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":138779,"position":11318,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"0.9.7"}