sqlite-utils-dateutil/README.md
# sqlite-utils-dateutil
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Date utility functions for [sqlite-utils](https://sqlite-utils.datasette.io/).
## Installation
Install this plugin in the same environment as sqlite-utils.
```bash
sqlite-utils install sqlite-utils-dateutil
```
## Usage
This plugin adds a variety of SQL functions for parsing dates. For example:
```bash
sqlite-utils memory "select dateutil_parse('10 october 2020 3pm')" --table
```
Output:
```
dateutil_parse('10 october 2020 3pm')
---------------------------------------
2020-10-10T15:00:00
```
Consult [the datasette-dateutil documentation](https://github.com/simonw/datasette-dateutil/blob/main/README.md#usage) for a full list of functions.
## Development
To set up this plugin locally, first checkout the code. Then create a new virtual environment:
cd sqlite-utils-dateutil
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
Now install the dependencies and test dependencies:
pip install -e '.[test]'
To run the tests:
pytest