Date and Time

cat-date-and-time

Manage the complexity of dealing with the fourth dimension.

There are two key libraries:

  • time: a smaller, simpler library. Preferrable if covers your needs, but it's quite limited in what it provides.

  • chrono: the most comprehensive and full-featured datetime library, but more complex because of it.

Unfortunately there is no clear answer as to which is best between time and chrono. Evaluate for yourself between these two, but both are trusted and well-maintained.

Duration and Calculation

RecipeCratesCategories
Measure elapsed timestdcat-date-and-time
Perform checked date and time calculationschronocat-date-and-time
Convert a local time to another timezonechronocat-date-and-time

Parsing and Displaying

RecipeCratesCategories
Examine the date and timechronocat-date-and-time
Convert date to UNIX timestamp and vice versachronocat-date-and-time
Display formatted date and timechronocat-date-and-time
Parse string into DateTime structchronocat-date-and-time

Using the time crate

RecipeCratesCategories
Use the time cratetimecat-date-and-time cat-value-formatting cat-parser-implementations cat-no-std