A Swift package providing robust, type-safe date and time calculations with clear calendar concepts.
Time is a Swift package that provides robust and type-safe date and time calculations for iOS, macOS, and other Swift platforms. It solves the problem of error-prone calendar operations by offering clear temporal concepts and APIs that prevent improper usage through compile-time checks.
Swift developers building applications that require reliable date and time calculations, particularly those working on iOS 16+, macOS 13+, or equivalent platforms.
Developers choose Time over built-in date APIs because it provides type-safe abstractions that prevent common calendar errors, offers clear temporal concepts, and simplifies complex date calculations with intuitive APIs.
Robust and type-safe date and time calculations for Swift
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Prevents common calendar errors through type-safe APIs that enforce proper usage at compile time, as emphasized in the README for reducing error-prone calculations.
Uses RegionalClock with Clocks.system to provide current time based on device settings, simplifying timezone handling and regional adjustments automatically.
Allows retrieval of time values at different precision levels like day or minute, with methods such as .today.hours for sequences, enabling granular date manipulations.
Includes .format(...) methods for easy conversion to human-readable strings, reducing reliance on external formatting libraries and streamlining display logic.
Requires macOS 13/iOS 16 or later, excluding projects needing backward compatibility with older Apple operating systems, as stated in the platform support section.
As a third-party Swift package, it may not integrate as seamlessly with Apple's evolving Foundation APIs or other libraries, potentially causing maintenance overhead.
The type-safe abstractions and precision-based values can introduce unnecessary complexity for basic date tasks, where Foundation's Date might be more straightforward.