SunTime

Simple sunset and sunrise time calculation python library.

Installation

Using pip:

pip3 install suntime

Or download and type:

python3 setup.py install

Usage

You can use the library to get UTC and local time sunrise and sunset times typing:

importdatetimefromdateutilimporttzfromsuntimeimportSun, SunTimeExceptionwarsaw_lat=51.21warsaw_lon=21.01sun=Sun(warsaw_lat, warsaw_lon)
# Get today's sunrise and sunset in UTCtoday_sr=sun.get_sunrise_time()
today_ss=sun.get_sunset_time()
print('Today at Warsaw the sun raised at {} and get down at {} UTC'.
format(today_sr.strftime('%H:%M'), today_ss.strftime('%H:%M')))
# On a special date in your machine's local time zoneabd=datetime.datetime(2014, 10, 3)
abd_sr=sun.get_sunrise_time(abd, tz.gettz('Europe/Warsaw'))
abd_ss=sun.get_sunset_time(abd, tz.gettz('Europe/Warsaw'))
print('On {} the sun at Warsaw raised at {} and get down at {}.'.
format(abd, abd_sr.strftime('%H:%M'), abd_ss.strftime('%H:%M')))
# Error handling (no sunset or sunrise on given location)latitude=87.55longitude=0.1sun=Sun(latitude, longitude)
try:
abd_sr=sun.get_sunrise_time(abd)
abd_ss=sun.get_sunset_time(abd)
print('On {} at somewhere in the north the sun raised at {} and get down at {}.'.
format(abd, abd_sr.strftime('%H:%M'), abd_ss.strftime('%H:%M')))
exceptSunTimeExceptionase:
print("Error: {0}.".format(e))

Testing

To run the tests, type:

pytest tests.py

For linting checks, type:

flake8 .

License

Copyright © 2024 SatAgro Sp. z o.o. and our awesome contributors:

• Andrey Kobyshev (yokotoka)
• Hadrien Bertrand (hbertrand)
• Ingo Randolf (i-n-g-o)
• John Vandenberg (jayvdb)
• Krzysztof Stopa (kstopa)
• Matthias (palto42)
• Muhammad Yasirroni (yasirroni)

This file is part of SunTime library for python (SunTime).

SunTime is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or any later version.

SunTime is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with CAMS tools. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.