Changelog

The versioning scheme is compliant with the PEP 440 specification.

2.3.0 (2023-04-24)

  • Deprecated the package in favor of the new hijridate package.

  • Dropped support for Python 3.6 and added support for Python 3.11.

  • Updated documentation and removed badges from the package description.

  • Changed GitHub username back to @dralshehri and updated related links.

2.2.4 (2022-05-23)

  • Added more classifiers to package configuration.

  • Fixed location of type-checking marker file. (By @dimbleby in #10)

  • Updated development and build requirements.

2.2.3 (2022-02-12)

  • Changed package docstrings to Google style and updated documentation.

  • Updated development workflows and configurations.

  • Other minor fixes and enhancements.

  • Changed GitHub username to @mhalshehri and updated related links.

2.2.2 (2021-09-25)

  • Added some missing variable annotations to ummalqura module.

  • Fixed an issue when generating documentation.

  • Fixed some typos in docstrings and improved documentation.

  • Other minor fixes and enhancements.

2.2.1 (2021-09-04)

  • Fixed calculation of month 12 of the year 1354 AH.

  • Fixed an issue when generating documentation without the package being installed. (#7)

  • Refactored internal helper functions.

  • Updated and improved tests and documentation.

  • Fixed some typos.

2.2.0 (2021-08-16)

  • Added today() classmethod to Hijri class to get the Hijri Object of today’s date.

  • Added separator and padding parameters to dmyformat() method to have more control over formatting.

  • Refactored locales for better management and testing. (Inspired by Arrow localization)

  • Updated main classes to be conveniently imported into the package level e.g. from hijri_converter import Hijri, Gregorian.

  • Removed deprecated method slashformat() from Hijri and Gregorian classes.

  • Updated tests and documentation.

  • Other minor fixes and internal enhancements.

2.1.3 (2021-06-22)

  • Minor fixes and enhancements for docstrings and documentation.

2.1.2 (2021-05-30)

  • Added Bangla translation. (By @nokibsarkar in #4)

  • Changed Hijri rich comparison to return NotImplemented when the second operand is not Hijri class.

  • Changed ummalqura constants to be in capital letters adhering to PEP8.

  • Updated packaging configuration files and local development workflow.

  • Other minor fixes and documentation enhancements.

2.1.1 (2020-05-21)

  • Added dmyformat() to return dates in DD/MM/YYYY format.

  • Deprecated slashformat() method to be replaced by dmyformat() method.

  • Fixed PyPI package not including some required files. (#3)

  • Fixed some typos.

  • Updated tests.

2.1.0 (2019-06-16)

This version has more accurate conversion and better internal code. Details are as follows:

  • Dropped support for the years before 1343 AH because the Umm al-Qura calendar was not established then.

  • Added validate parameter to Hijri class for optional disabling of Hijri date validation and improving performance. However, disabling validation will decrease the conversion accuracy silently.

  • Verified conversion against original references and updated the month_starts tuple for more accurate conversion.

  • Improved Hijri class rich comparison methods.

  • Improved date validation methods for better performance and readability.

  • Made the Hijri class hashable by adding a custom __hash__ method.

  • Refactored many internal methods (not affecting the API).

  • Other minor fixes, enhancements and performance boost.

2.0.0 (2019-06-05)

In short, this version supports only lunar Hijri calendar on Python 3.6+, and the conversion is in complete agreement with the official Umm al-Qura calendar. Details are as follows:

  • Renamed the package to hijri-converter.

  • Dropped support for the solar Hijri calendar.

  • Dropped support for Python 3.5.

  • Refactored localization and ummalqura.py module.

  • Updated month_starts tuple in alignment with the Umm al-Qura calendar.

  • Added fromdate() classmethod to Gregorian class.

  • Added notation() method to Hijri and Gregorian classes.

  • Added more methods to Gregorian class including slashformat(), month_name(), day_name() and to_julian().

  • Renamed month_days() method of Hijri class to month_length().

  • Changed formatted string to use f-strings.

  • Improved documentation and examples.

  • Updated unit tests.

  • Fixed other minor issues and typos.

1.5.0 (2018-12-27)

  • Added fromisoformat() classmethod to Hijri class.

  • Added support for rich comparison between Hijri dates.

  • Updated documentation and testing code.

  • Other minor fixes and enhancements.

1.4.0 (2018-11-26)

  • Refactored conversion methods to improve performance.

  • Changed date validation back to be the default and removed optional parameter.

  • Added to_julian() method to Hijri class.

  • Updated documentation and testing code.

  • Other minor fixes and enhancements.

1.3.3 (2018-11-21)

  • Fixed a bug in range validation for the Gregorian date.

  • Changed generic typing to built-in types.

  • Added more tests to cover the solar calendar.

  • Improved code structure and documentation.

1.3.2 (2018-11-16)

  • Improved documentation and changelog.

1.3.1 (2018-11-16)

  • Fixed README file.

1.3.0 (2018-11-16)

  • Added documentation directory with an online version.

  • Changed date input validation to be optional and disabled by default.

  • Improved code readability and performance.

  • Other minor fixes and enhancements.

1.2.0 (2018-11-09)

  • Added slashformat() method to Hijri class.

  • Improved date validation code.

  • Fixed some typos in documentation and docstrings.

1.0.1 (2018-10-28)

  • Improved examples and documentation.

1.0.0 (2018-10-28)

  • First release.