lua-date/README.md

# LuaDate v2.2

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Lua Date and Time module for Lua 5.x.

## Features:

* Date and Time string parsing.
* Time addition and subtraction.
* Time span calculation.
* Support ISO 8601 Dates.
* Local time support.
* Lua module (not binary).
* Formats Date and Time like strftime.

## License

[MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

## Documentation

Documentation is available in the `doc` folder, or [online at Github](http://tieske.github.io/date/).

## Tests

Tests are located in the `spec` directory and can be run using [busted](http://olivinelabs.com/busted/).

## Changelog:

### Releasing:
- search for "copyright" and update all occurences with proper years
- update version in:
  - `README.md` (at the top)
  - `date.lua` (at the top, and exported field `date.version`)
  - `index.html` (appr. line 20)
- update changelog below
- update rockspec
- commit as `release x.y.z` (omit trailing 0)
- tag as `version_x.y.z` (omit trailing 0)
- push commit & tags
- upload rock to luarocks

### Changes:

#### v2.2.1 released 6-Sep-2023
  - fix parsing timezone offset after a decimal number [#33](https://github.com/Tieske/date/pull/33)
  - also accept "," as a decimal separator [#31](https://github.com/Tieske/date/pull/31)
  - fix bad function call (no functional impact) [#34](https://github.com/Tieske/date/pull/34)

#### v2.2
  - add 'centuryflip' to set 2 digit year interpretation [#26](https://github.com/Tieske/date/pull/26)
#### v2.1.3
  - fix rockspec for Lua 5.4
#### v2.1.2
  - fix scientific notation [#9](https://github.com/Tieske/date/pull/9), now available for Lua 5.3
#### v2.1.1
  - fix for '>=' operator [#3](https://github.com/Tieske/date/pull/3), added test suite, added Travis CI, license MIT
#### v2.1
  - Lua 5.2 support. Global 'date' will no longer be set.
#### v2.0
  - original by Jas Latrix