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dateutil

Latest Version: 2.9.0

python-dateutil, a widely used extension to Python's datetime module, sees over 781 million monthly downloads and recently released version 2.9.0.post0.

Owner: dateutil

OSSauto-discoveredpypipython

Stars

2.6k

GitHub star count

Last Release

2 years ago

2.9.0

Contributors

100

N/A

Health Score

N/A

N/A

Key Features

  • datetime

  • library

  • parsing

  • python

  • time

Tech Stack

Python
auto-discovered
pypi
python
development-status--5---productionstable
intended-audience--developers
license--osi-approved--apache-software-license
license--osi-approved--bsd-license
programming-language--python
programming-language--python--2
programming-language--python--2.7
programming-language--python--3
programming-language--python--3.10

About

python-dateutil, a widely used extension to Python's datetime module, sees over 781 million monthly downloads and recently released version 2.9.0.post0.

Version 2.9.0.post0 (2024-03-01) pins setuptools_scm to <8 to ensure compatibility of the generated _version.py file across all supported Python versions.

Analyst Note

python-dateutil, a widely used extension to Python's datetime module, sees over 781 million monthly downloads and recently released version 2.9.0.post0.

Best For

  • Technical stack evaluation for engineering teams
  • Dependency governance and upgrade planning in production systems
  • Track delivery cadence and release quality from dateutil
  • datetime

Not Ideal For

  • Security posture signals are mixed; run additional security review before broad adoption

Typical Use Cases

Technical stack evaluation for engineering teamsDependency governance and upgrade planning in production systemsTrack delivery cadence and release quality from dateutil

Decision Snapshot

  • Product type: Open Source
  • Primary language: Python
  • Pricing model: Free
  • License: NOASSERTION
  • Last Release: 3/1/2024
Data Basis
  • Last Sync: Feb 23, 2026, 01:43 AM
  • Metrics Updated: Feb 23, 2026, 01:43 AM
  • Completeness: 100%
  • Last Verified: Feb 23, 2026, 01:43 AM

Data Status

Stale
Last SyncFeb 23, 2026, 01:43 AM
Metrics UpdatedFeb 23, 2026, 01:43 AM
Completeness100%
Last VerifiedFeb 23, 2026, 01:43 AM

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Strong community adoption.
  • Broad maintainer participation.

Cons

  • -Security posture signals are mixed; run additional security review before broad adoption

All Metrics

Adoption

4/4
Stars2.6k
Forks533
Open Issues427
Contributors100

Health

0/4
Health ScorePending
Trend ScorePending
Activity ScorePending
Reliability ScorePending

Core

3/5
Latest Version2.9.0
Last Release3/1/2024
Last Commit9/16/2025
StatusPending
Activity LevelPending

Security

0/1
Security ScorePending