New submission from Haneef <hanee...@gmail.com>: There should be native support for converting between Hijri (Umm al-Qura), Gregorian, Julian and UnixTime calendars.
Many big players have included native support for Hijri calendar in their SDKs and software. Below are some: (Java Hijri calendar support)[https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/chrono/HijrahChronology.html] (Apple supports the Hijri calendar in 5 of their SDKs (Software Development Kits))[https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/calendar.identifier] (Microsoft Windows supports Hijri calendar naively)[https://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/msdn/ArabicCalendar.aspx] (Microsoft Office has native support)[https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/office_global_experience/2010/01/13/um-al-qura-calendar-support-in-office-2010/] (Android Hijri calendar support)[https://developer.android.com/reference/android/icu/util/IslamicCalendar.html] (Google Calendar allows Hijri calendar as an alternate calendar)[https://www.maketecheasier.com/display-alternate-calendar-google-calendar/] ---------- messages: 305199 nosy: haneef95 priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Native hijri calendar support type: enhancement versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.8 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue31895> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
