[issue31895] Native hijri calendar support

2017-10-30 Thread Haneef
Haneef added the comment: Thanks @steven.daprano, yeah, it would be good to have support for other calendars as well. In my case, I use the Hijri Umm al-Qura, Gregorian and obviously UnixTime calendars. You're right, maybe it would be wiser to implement it in the PyPi first and then

[issue31895] Native hijri calendar support

2017-10-29 Thread Haneef
Haneef added the comment: This feature can be added to the (datetime.py)[https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html], Java has done a similar move and it makes the whole process a lot easier. The Hijri calendar is used across the globe by various websites and developers, some have even

[issue31895] Native hijri calendar support

2017-10-29 Thread Haneef
New submission from Haneef : There should be native support for converting between Hijri (Umm al-Qura), Gregorian, Julian and UnixTime calendars. Many big players have included native support for Hijri calendar in their SDKs and software. Below are some: (Java Hijri calendar support)[https