Convert time to human readable text in Python
This Python tutorial to show you how to use the humanize package to convert date time value into human readable string.
Table of contents
- Install humanize package
- Convert datetime to human readable day month year string
- Convert datetime to human readable day month string
- Convert datetime to natural representation of time
- Convert datetime into natural representation of a timedelta
- Convert timedelta to human readable string
Install humanize package
Installing the humanize package using the following command.
pip install humanizeConvert datetime to human readable day month year string
The naturaldate() method of humanize package can be used to convert a datetime value into friendly string in date as the following Python program.
import humanize
import datetime
dt = datetime.datetime(2021, 2, 20)
readable_string = humanize.naturaldate(dt)
print(readable_string)Feb 20 2021Convert datetime to human readable day month string
The naturalday() method of humanize package to convert a datetime value of string of day month that human readable.
import humanize
import datetime
dt = datetime.datetime(2021, 2, 20)
readable_string = humanize.naturalday(dt)
print(readable_string)Feb 20Convert datetime to natural representation of time
In the following Python example program, we show you how to use the naturaltime() method to convert datetime value in to a string which in natural representation of time.
import humanize
import datetime
dt = datetime.datetime(2021, 2, 20)
readable_string = humanize.naturaltime(dt)
print(readable_string)9 months agoConvert datetime into natural representation of a timedelta
We can use the naturaldelta() method to return a natural representation of a timedelta as below.
import humanize
import datetime
now = datetime.datetime.now()
later = now + datetime.timedelta(minutes=30)
readable_string = humanize.naturaldelta(later, when=now)
print(readable_string)30 minutesConvert timedelta to human readable string
In the following Python program, we use the precisedelta() method to return a precise representation of a time delta.
import humanize
import datetime
delta = datetime.timedelta(seconds=3633, days=2, microseconds=123000)
readable_string1 = humanize.precisedelta(delta)
readable_string2 = humanize.precisedelta(delta, format='%0.4f')
readable_string3 = humanize.precisedelta(delta, minimum_unit='microseconds')
readable_string4 = humanize.precisedelta(delta, suppress=['days'])
print(readable_string1)
print(readable_string2)
print(readable_string3)
print(readable_string4)2 days, 1 hour and 33.12 seconds
2 days, 1 hour and 33.1230 seconds
2 days, 1 hour, 33 seconds and 123 milliseconds
49 hours and 33.12 secondsHappy Coding 😊