Python bindings

[avilaton]

We drafted a very thin python wrapper for humantime to avoid reimplementing it but would like to ask if you would prefer to have it here under the same org.

Context: We interface with restate which uses it to receive time delta arguments.

[djc]

How much future development do you expect is necessary? How much of humantime API surface does it cover? How much code are we talking about? Are you aware that chrono is soft-deprecated?

chronotope/chrono#1768

[avilaton]

I was not aware of that, I only bumped into this while integrating restate. The python package exposes all the same API but for python. What are people moving to? As far as development, I'm done, it was completed by copilot in 2 strokes, full with automated ci pipelines for publishing. I have it under here https://github.com/avilaton/humantime but found the name is occupied in pypi and was thinking about a different name when I decided to come here and ask. El jue, 12 mar 2026, 8:21 a. m., Dirkjan Ochtman ***@***.***> escribió:

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[avilaton]

What is a good replacement for parsing times like humantime does? Would you please add this prominently to the readme? Thanks for answering so quickly. El jue, 12 mar 2026, 12:41 p. m., Gastón Avila ***@***.***> escribió:

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I was not aware of that, I only bumped into this while integrating restate. The python package exposes all the same API but for python. What are people moving to? As far as development, I'm done, it was completed by copilot in 2 strokes, full with automated ci pipelines for publishing. I have it under here https://github.com/avilaton/humantime but found the name is occupied in pypi and was thinking about a different name when I decided to come here and ask. El jue, 12 mar 2026, 8:21 a. m., Dirkjan Ochtman ***@***.***> escribió: > *djc* left a comment (chronotope/humantime#65) > <#65 (comment)> > > How much future development do you expect is necessary? How much of > humantime API surface does it cover? How much code are we talking about? > Are you aware that chrono is soft-deprecated? > > — > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > <#65 (comment)>, > or unsubscribe > <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAQ3J7WJBB4OHQTHDXQ24ZD4QKMT5AVCNFSM6AAAAACWPRDCDOVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHM2DANBVHE2DMNRUHE> > . > You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: > ***@***.***> >

[djc]

jiff seems to have a friendly format that looks like it's pretty close:

https://docs.rs/jiff/latest/jiff/fmt/friendly/index.html