Overview

fault.time is a time library based on the built-in Python int. By default, timestamps have nanosecond precision granting common applications more than enough detail about a point in time. For specialized purposes, the units handled can be arbitrarily extended--the int subclasses represent a designated unit and a common Time Context, group of unit classes, provides the necessary linkage and transformations for conversion across classes.

Calendar Support:

• Proleptic Gregorian

from fault.time.types import Date, Timestamp, Measure

from fault.time.system import utc
now = utc()

Unit Knowledge

All of the following units are defined in the default Time Context. The emphasized units are the only units that have associated classes allocated by default.

earth

• second

• minute

• hour

• day

• week

• annum (Julian Year)

gregorian

• month

• year

• decade

• century

• millennium

metric subseconds

• decisecond

• centisecond

• millisecond

• microsecond

• nanosecond

• picosecond

• femtosecond

• attosecond

• zeptosecond

• yoctosecond

metric seconds

• decasecond

• hectosecond

• kilosecond

• megasecond

• gigasecond

• terasecond

• petasecond

• exasecond

• zettasecond

• yottasecond