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Maya – Python Datetimes for Humans

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Re: Maya – Python Datetimes for Humans

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Post by smegel »

bndr wrote: post #3

How does it differ from Arrow which was made several years ago? [1] [1] http://crsmithdev.com/arrow/

That would be nice to know. Arrow still seems active, and has been consistently so over the last 3 years.

I have a bit of doubt about a time library that defaults to UTC but uses human phrases like "tomorrow". Who thinks about UTC tomorrow?

Re: Maya – Python Datetimes for Humans

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Post by kenneth_reitz »

charlex815 wrote: post #2

I suppose this beats breaking out time delta, but I think it'll be hard for me to see an actual use in my projects that I couldn't accomplish with maybe just a couple extra lines

you'd be surprised, the amount of headache-inducing code that timezones can cause, especially when dealing with servers with different locales than your development machine when doing timezone algebra.

This API avoids that problem entirely.

Re: Maya – Python Datetimes for Humans

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Post by SFJulie »

It is heartbreaking to see such a contributor like Kenneth Reitz in conferences. I really enjoy using Kenneth Reitz's creation : I would like to see him smile.

He is probably in the top 10% of the developers, he does not profit of his talent as much as an idiot that just code shit.

When I sample over the vast majority of free software coder I know (100s) over the non free one (~same) and I compare the wealth/recognition I can't help but notice that for some of the 1% top FOSS devs you do have a breakthrough, but then, blind obedience seems to give more results in terms of social and wealth status.

Something is rotten in the state of coding.

My advice: don't make free software enjoy life, and close your ears to the voice of the voice of the crowd open them to the one you care about.

And if you really want to make FOSS code, do it like others do knitting, pastry, moonshining, brewery.

Keep the fun in your life.

Re: Maya – Python Datetimes for Humans

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Post by kenneth_reitz »

smegel wrote: post #4
bndr wrote: post #3

How does it differ from Arrow which was made several years ago? [1] [1] http://crsmithdev.com/arrow/

That would be nice to know. Arrow still seems active, and has been consistently so over the last 3 years. I have a bit of doubt about a time library that defaults to UTC but uses human phrases like "tomorrow". Who thinks about UTC tomorrow?

that's why there's `maya.when('yesterday', timezone='US/Eastern')` :)

Re: Maya – Python Datetimes for Humans

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Post by kenneth_reitz »

SFJulie wrote: post #6

It is heartbreaking to see such a contributor like Kenneth Reitz in conferences. I really enjoy using Kenneth Reitz's creation : I would like to see him smile. He is probably in the top 10% of the developers, he does not profit of his talent as much as an idiot that just code shit. When I sample over the vast majority of free software coder I know (100s) over the non free one (~same) and I compare the wealth/recognit…

Do I look unhappy at conferences or something?

Re: Maya – Python Datetimes for Humans

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kenneth_reitz wrote: post #8
SFJulie wrote: post #6

It is heartbreaking to see such a contributor like Kenneth Reitz in conferences. I really enjoy using Kenneth Reitz's creation : I would like to see him smile. He is probably in the top 10% of the developers, he does not profit of his talent as much as an idiot that just code shit. When I sample over the vast majority of free software coder I know (100s) over the non free one (~same) and I compare the wealth/recognit…

Do I look unhappy at conferences or something?

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