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id: arrow
version: "1.4.0"
license: unclear
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# arrow — Better dates & times for Python

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI

## Install

pip install arrow
uv add arrow
poetry add arrow

## Description

Arrow: Better dates & times for Python
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**Arrow** is a Python library that offers a sensible and human-friendly approach to creating, manipulating, formatting and converting dates, times and timestamps. It implements and updates the datetime type,...

## AI interpretation — verify before relying

Arrow provides a human-friendly Python library for creating, manipulating, formatting, and converting dates, times, and timestamps with timezone awareness and ISO 8601 support built in.

Verdict: Arrow is a stable, well-maintained datetime library with low install friction and no known vulnerabilities. Its permissive license and active development (299 days since last release, active status) make it a reliable choice for date/time handling in Python 3.8+.

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