Quickstart¶
Ready for a simple datetime tool? This doc provides some tools to use in your busy workflow.
First, make sure that Maya is:
Parse a Date¶
Parsing a date from a string with Maya is 🍰!
First, you’ll need to import maya:
>>> import maya
There are currently two ways to make sense of datetime:
maya.parse
maya.when
A simple answer is that you should use parse on machine output, and when on human input.
Use as follows:
>>> recent_win = maya.parse('2016-11-02T20:00PM')
>>> old_win = maya.when('October 14, 1908')
>>> grandpas_date = maya.when('108 years ago')