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Provides centralized date parsing, formatting, and manipulation functions to eliminate duplicate logic across templates and core code. View source 10 Functions Functions parse_date Parse various date formats into datetime. Handles: - datetime objects (pass through) - date object… 3 datetime | None Caret Right def parse_date(value: DateLike, formats: list[str] | None = None, on_error: str = 'return_none') -> datetime | None Parse various date formats into datetime. Handles: datetime objects (pass through) date objects (convert to datetime at midnight) ISO 8601 strings (with or without timezone) Custom format strings Parameters 3 Name Type Default Description value DateLike — Date value in various formats formats list[str] | None None Optional list of strptime format strings to try on_error str 'return_none' How to handle parse errors: - 'return_none': Return None (default) - 'raise': Raise ValueError - 'return_original': Return original value as-is Returns datetime | None — datetime object or None if parsing fails format_date_iso Format date as ISO 8601 string. Uses parse_date internally for flexible input handling. 1 str Caret Right def format_date_iso(date: DateLike) -> str Format date as ISO 8601 string. Uses parse_date internally for flexible input handling. Parameters 1 Name Type Default Description date DateLike — Date value in various formats Returns str — ISO 8601 formatted string (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS) format_date_rfc822 Format date as RFC 822 string (for RSS feeds). Uses parse_date internally for flexible input handling. 1 str Caret Right def format_date_rfc822(date: DateLike) -> str Format date as RFC 822 string (for RSS feeds). Uses parse_date internally for flexible input handling. Parameters 1 Name Type Default Description date DateLike — Date value in various formats Returns str — RFC 822 formatted string (e.g., "Fri, 03 Oct 2025 14:30:00 +0000") format_date_human Format date in human-readable format. Uses parse_date internally for flexible input handling. 2 str Caret Right def format_date_human(date: DateLike, format: str = '%B %d, %Y') -> str Format date in human-readable format. Uses parse_date internally for flexible input handling. Parameters 2 Name Type Default Description date DateLike — Date value in various formats format str '%B %d, %Y' strftime format string (default: "October 09, 2025") Returns str — Formatted date string time_ago Convert date to human-readable "time ago" format. Uses parse_date internally for flexible input ha… 2 str Caret Right def time_ago(date: DateLike, now: datetime | None = None) -> str Convert date to human-readable "time ago" format. Uses parse_date internally for flexible input handling. Parameters 2 Name Type Default Description date DateLike — Date to convert now datetime | None None Current time (defaults to datetime.now()) Returns str — Human-readable time ago string get_current_year Get current year as integer. Useful for copyright notices and templates. 0 int Caret Right def get_current_year() -> int Get current year as integer. Useful for copyright notices and templates. Returns int — Current year is_recent Check if date is recent (within specified days). 3 bool Caret Right def is_recent(date: DateLike, days: int = 7, now: datetime | None = None) -> bool Check if date is recent (within specified days). Parameters 3 Name Type Default Description date DateLike — Date to check days int 7 Number of days to consider "recent" (default: 7) now datetime | None None Current time (defaults to datetime.now()) Returns bool — True if date is within the last N days date_range_overlap Check if two date ranges overlap. 4 bool Caret Right def date_range_overlap(start1: DateLike, end1: DateLike, start2: DateLike, end2: DateLike) -> bool Check if two date ranges overlap. Parameters 4 Name Type Default Description start1 DateLike — Start of first range end1 DateLike — End of first range start2 DateLike — Start of second range end2 DateLike — End of second range Returns bool — True if ranges overlap utc_now Get current UTC datetime (low-level primitive). 0 datetime Caret Right def utc_now() -> datetime Get current UTC datetime (low-level primitive). Returns datetime iso_timestamp Get ISO 8601 timestamp from datetime (UTC). 1 str Caret Right def iso_timestamp(dt: datetime | None = None) -> str Get ISO 8601 timestamp from datetime (UTC). 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