{"categories":[{"label":"Utilities","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/utilities/2"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Parses ISO 8601 date strings (e.g. 2007-01-14T20:34:22+00:00) into Python datetime objects, handling common date/time formats and timezone specifications.","skillfed_tags":["date-parsing","iso-8601","timezone-aware"],"use_cases":["Parse API response timestamps that come in ISO 8601 format into Python datetime objects for comparison or manipulation.","Convert log entries with ISO 8601 timestamps into datetime objects for time-based filtering or analysis.","Handle user-submitted date strings in ISO 8601 format from web forms or data imports.","Work with database exports or JSON data that use ISO 8601 date representation.","Normalize mixed date formats by accepting ISO 8601 strings and converting them to a consistent datetime representation."],"what_it_does":"iso8601 is a lightweight, dependency-free parser that converts ISO 8601 formatted date strings into Python datetime objects. It handles the most common ISO 8601 formats\u2014full timestamps with timezones, date-only strings, partial times\u2014and applies sensible defaults (UTC timezone, day/month of 1) when components are omitted. The parser is permissive by design: it accepts space instead of T as a date-time separator, tolerates missing leading zeros in days and months, and lets you override the default timezone.\n\nThe package is intentionally minimal. It does one thing: take an ISO 8601 string and return a datetime. If you need richer date manipulation, timezone handling, or parsing of non-ISO formats, the description itself points toward arrow, pendulum, python-dateutil, or Python 3's built-in datetime.fromisoformat(). For straightforward ISO 8601 parsing in legacy codebases or when you want to avoid extra dependencies, iso8601 is a stable, proven choice.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you need straightforward ISO 8601 parsing with zero dependencies and don't require advanced date manipulation. The package is stable, permissively licensed, and widely used (top 5000 on PyPI). However, consider Python 3.11+ built-in datetime.fromisoformat() first\u2014it now handles most ISO 8601 cases natively. Install iso8601 only if you need the lenient parsing (space instead of T, missing leading zeros) or must support Python 3.7\u20133.10."},"id":"iso8601","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/iso8601","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/iso8601.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/iso8601/"},"maintenance":{"status":"aging"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2023-10-03","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"iso8601","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Simple module to parse ISO 8601 dates"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":12689190,"position":1311,"tier":"top_5000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"2.1.0"}