>>> task['id']
15
>>> task['due']
- datetime.datetime(2013, 12, 5, 0, 0)
+ datetime.datetime(2015, 2, 5, 0, 0, tzinfo=<DstTzInfo 'Europe/Berlin' CET+1:00:00 STD>)
>>> task['tags']
['work', 'servers']
>>> task3 == task1
True
+Accessing original values
+-------------------------
+
+To access the saved state of the Task, use dict-like access using the
+``original`` attribute:
+
+ >>> t = Task(tw, description="tidy up")
+ >>> t.save()
+ >>> t['description'] = "tidy up the kitchen and bathroom"
+ >>> t['description']
+ "tidy up the kitchen and bathroom"
+ >>> t.original['description']
+ "tidy up"
+
+When you save the task, original values are refreshed to reflect the
+saved state of the task:
+
+ >>> t.save()
+ >>> t.original['description']
+ "tidy up the kitchen and bathroom"
+
+Dealing with dates and time
+---------------------------
+
+Any timestamp-like attributes of the tasks are converted to timezone-aware
+datetime objects. To achieve this, Tasklib leverages ``pytz`` Python module,
+which brings the Olsen timezone databaze to Python.
+
+This shields you from annoying details of Daylight Saving Time shifts
+or conversion between different timezones. For example, to list all the
+tasks which are due midnight if you're currently in Berlin:
+
+ >>> myzone = pytz.timezone('Europe/Berlin')
+ >>> midnight = myzone.localize(datetime(2015,2,2,0,0,0))
+ >>> tw.tasks.filter(due__before=midnight)
+
+However, this is still a little bit tedious. That's why TaskWarrior object
+is capable of automatic timezone detection, using the ``tzlocal`` Python
+module. If your system timezone is set to 'Europe/Berlin', following example
+will work the same way as the previous one:
+
+ >>> tw.tasks.filter(due__before=datetime(2015,2,2,0,0,0))
+
+You can also use simple dates when filtering:
+
+ >>> tw.tasks.filter(due__before=date(2015,2,2))
+
+In such case, a 00:00:00 is used as the time component.
+
+Of course, you can use datetime naive objects when initializing Task object
+or assigning values to datetime atrributes:
+
+ >>> t = Task(tw, description="Buy new shoes", due=date(2015,2,5))
+ >>> t['due']
+ datetime.datetime(2015, 2, 5, 0, 0, tzinfo=<DstTzInfo 'Europe/Berlin' CET+1:00:00 STD>)
+ >>> t['due'] = date(2015,2,6,15,15,15)
+ >>> t['due']
+ datetime.datetime(2015, 2, 6, 15, 15, 15, tzinfo=<DstTzInfo 'Europe/Berlin' CET+1:00:00 STD>)
+
+However, since timezone-aware and timezone-naive datetimes are not comparable
+in Python, this can cause some unexpected behaviour:
+
+ >>> from datetime import datetime
+ >>> now = datetime.now()
+ >>> t = Task(tw, description="take out the trash now")
+ >>> t['due'] = now
+ >>> now
+ datetime.datetime(2015, 2, 1, 19, 44, 4, 770001)
+ >>> t['due']
+ datetime.datetime(2015, 2, 1, 19, 44, 4, 770001, tzinfo=<DstTzInfo 'Europe/Berlin' CET+1:00:00 STD>)
+ >>> t['due'] == now
+ Traceback (most recent call last):
+ File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
+ TypeError: can't compare offset-naive and offset-aware datetimes
+
+If you want to compare datetime aware value with datetime naive value, you need
+to localize the naive value first:
+
+ >>> from datetime import datetime
+ >>> from tasklib.task import local_zone
+ >>> now = local_zone.localize(datetime.now())
+ >>> t['due'] = now
+ >>> now
+ datetime.datetime(2015, 2, 1, 19, 44, 4, 770001, tzinfo=<DstTzInfo 'Europe/Berlin' CET+1:00:00 STD>)
+ >>> t['due'] == now
+ True
+
+Also, note that it does not matter whether the timezone aware datetime objects
+are set in the same timezone:
+
+ >>> import pytz
+ >>> t['due']
+ datetime.datetime(2015, 2, 1, 19, 44, 4, 770001, tzinfo=<DstTzInfo 'Europe/Berlin' CET+1:00:00 STD>)
+ >>> now.astimezone(pytz.utc)
+ datetime.datetime(2015, 2, 1, 18, 44, 4, 770001, tzinfo=<UTC>)
+ >>> t['due'] == now.astimezone(pytz.utc)
+ True
+
+
Working with annotations
------------------------
>>> annotation = annotated_task['annotations'][0]
>>> annotation['entry']
- datetime.datetime(2015, 1, 3, 21, 13, 55)
+ datetime.datetime(2015, 1, 3, 21, 13, 55, tzinfo=<DstTzInfo 'Europe/Berlin' CET+1:00:00 STD>)
>>> annotation['description']
u'Yeah, I am annotated!'
>>> tw.config.update({'hooks': 'off'}) # tasklib will not trigger hooks
+Creating hook scripts
+---------------------
+
+From version 2.4.0, TaskWarrior has support for hook scripts. Tasklib provides
+some very useful helpers to write those. With tasklib, writing these becomes
+a breeze::
+
+ #!/usr/bin/python
+
+ from tasklib.task import Task
+ task = Task.from_input()
+ # ... <custom logic>
+ print task.export_data()
+
+For example, plugin which would assign the priority "H" to any task containing
+three exclamation marks in the description, would go like this::
+
+ #!/usr/bin/python
+
+ from tasklib.task import Task
+ task = Task.from_input()
+
+ if "!!!" in task['description']:
+ task['priority'] = "H"
+
+ print task.export_data()
+
+Tasklib can automatically detect whether it's running in the ``on-modify`` event,
+which provides more input than ``on-add`` event and reads the data accordingly.
+
+This means the example above works both for ``on-add`` and ``on-modify`` events!
+
+Consenquently, you can create just one hook file for both ``on-add`` and
+``on-modify`` events, and you just need to create a symlink for the other one.
+This removes the need for maintaining two copies of the same code base and/or
+boilerplate code.
+
+In ``on-modify`` events, tasklib loads both the original version and the modified
+version of the task to the returned ``Task`` object. To access the original data
+(in read-only manner), use ``original`` dict-like attribute:
+
+ >>> t = Task.from_input()
+ >>> t['description']
+ "Modified description"
+ >>> t.original['description']
+ "Original description"
+
Working with UDAs
-----------------
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