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Move imports and constants to respective modules
[etc/taskwarrior.git] / tasklib / backends.py
index 51285b544b8e31fd148b3f1ce3ff133f085fa6cd..fe24fd205d521c64214418afd7bb0c64b30b07df 100644 (file)
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ import re
 import subprocess
 
 from tasklib.filters import TaskWarriorFilter
+from tasklib.serializing import local_zone
+
+DATE_FORMAT_CALC = '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S'
 
 VERSION_2_1_0 = six.u('2.1.0')
 VERSION_2_2_0 = six.u('2.2.0')
@@ -67,6 +70,13 @@ class Backend(object):
         """Syncs the backend database with the taskd server"""
         pass
 
+    def convert_datetime_string(self, value):
+        """
+        Converts TW syntax datetime string to a localized datetime
+        object. This method is not mandatory.
+        """
+        raise NotImplemented
+
 
 class TaskWarriorException(Exception):
     pass
@@ -184,6 +194,19 @@ class TaskWarrior(object):
         else:
             return six.u("description:'{0}'").format(task._data['description'] or '')
 
+    def convert_datetime_string(self, value):
+
+        if self.version >= VERSION_2_4_0:
+            # For strings, use 'task calc' to evaluate the string to datetime
+            # available since TW 2.4.0
+            args = value.split()
+            result = self.execute_command(['calc'] + args)
+            naive = datetime.datetime.strptime(result[0], DATE_FORMAT_CALC)
+            localized = local_zone.localize(naive)
+        else:
+            raise ValueError("Provided value could not be converted to "
+                             "datetime, its type is not supported: {}"
+                             .format(type(value)))
 
     # Public interface