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-This is a lua library for time and date manipulation.
+# luatz
 
-Importantly, it allows you to convert time between locations (time zones).
+A lua library for time and date manipulation.
+
+Features include:
+  - Normalisation of broken down date objects
+           - allows for complex time/date manipulation logic e.g. "What day is it in 2 days, 5 hours from now?"
+  - Conversion between locations (time zones) using your local [zoneinfo](https://www.iana.org/time-zones) database.
+  - `strftime` style formatting
 
-Documentation can be found in the `doc` sub-directory.
 
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/daurnimator/luatz.png)](https://travis-ci.org/daurnimator/luatz)
+
+Supported under Lua 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and LuaJIT.
+
+
+## Usage
+
+Documentation can be found in the `doc` sub-directory.
+
+
+## Installation
+
+### via [luarocks](https://luarocks.org/modules/daurnimator/luatz)
+
+    luarocks install luatz