Utils()

class Utils

This class is a utility class.

static date()

Alias of now().

Returns:

ISO 8601 date string

Return type:

string

static date_to_iso(date, format='%Y/%m/%d')

Format the date to ISO string.

Parameters:

• date (string) – The date string

• format (string, optional) – The date format. Default is ‘%Y/%m/%d’

Tip

Check the [Python documentation](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#strftime-and-strptime-format-codes) to customize the format

Returns:

Formated ISO date string

Return type:

string

static datetime(date)

Transform the ISO string date into a Python datetime object.

Parameters:

datetime (string) – The ISO date string

Returns:

The datetime object from the date string

Return type:

datetime

static duration(days=0, hours=0, minutes=0)

Generate an ISO 8601 duration string.

Parameters:

• days (number) – The number of days to add

• hours (number) – The number of hours to add

• minutes (number) – The number of minutes to add

Returns:

ISO 8601 duration string

Return type:

string

static format_date(date, format='%Y/%m/%d')

Format the date.

Parameters:

• date (string) – The ISO date string

• format (string, optional) – The desired date format. Default is ‘%Y/%m/%d’

Tip

Check the [Python documentation](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#strftime-and-strptime-format-codes) to customize the format

Returns:

Formated date string

Return type:

string

static humanize_duration(duration)

Humanize an ISO duration.

Parameters:

duration (string) – The ISO duration string

Returns:

Humanized duration string

Return type:

string

static now()

Get current date/time as an ISO 8601 date string.

Returns:

ISO 8601 date string

Return type:

string