# fasttime
`fasttime` is a small UTC-focused date/time library for Rust. It is built
around Ben Joffe's constant-time 64-bit days→date algorithm and offers a simple,
`no_std`-friendly API for calendar math, parsing, and formatting. The crate
only depends on `core` by default and enables a handful of conveniences (such as
`DateTime::now_utc()`) when the optional `std` feature is on.
## Features
- Works in `no_std` environments; opt into `std` when you need wall-clock time.
- `Date`, `Time`, `DateTime`, `Duration`, `UtcOffset`, and `OffsetDateTime`
types with ISO/RFC 3339 style `Display` implementations.
- Parsing helpers for the common textual formats used in logs and APIs.
- Fixed-offset RFC 3339 timestamps with nanosecond precision.
- Simple arithmetic helpers: add days, add durations, compute differences, and
fetch ordinals or weekdays without extra allocations.
## Installation
```toml
[dependencies]
fasttime = "0.1"
```
Disable the default `std` feature when targeting bare-metal or embedded
environments:
```toml
[dependencies]
fasttime = { version = "0.1", default-features = false }
```
## Example
```rust
use fasttime::{
Date, DateError, DateTime, Duration, OffsetDateTime, Time, UtcOffset,
};
fn main() -> Result<(), DateError> {
// Fetch the current UTC date and time, works only with `std` feature.
// let now = DateTime::now_utc()?;
// println!("Current UTC time: {now}");
// Build calendar dates either from year-month-day or days since the Unix epoch.
let jan_first = Date::from_ymd(2024, 1, 1)?;
let epoch = Date::from_days_since_unix_epoch(0)?;
println!("{jan_first} weekday {}", jan_first.weekday().number_from_monday());
println!("{epoch} ordinal {}", epoch.ordinal());
// Combine dates and times to work with UTC instants.
let dt = DateTime::from_unix_timestamp(1_700_000_000, 123_456_789)?;
let later = dt.add_duration(Duration::seconds(90))?;
println!("Delta: {} ns", later.difference(dt).total_nanos());
// Parse ISO/RFC 3339 style strings and work with fixed offsets.
let parsed_date: Date = "2024-03-15".parse()?;
let parsed_time: Time = "11:22:33.123".parse().unwrap();
let offset = UtcOffset::from_hours_minutes(true, 2, 0).unwrap();
let local = OffsetDateTime::from_local(parsed_date, parsed_time, offset)?;
println!("{local} (offset {})", offset);
Ok(())
}
```
## Development
- Format and lint the crate with your preferred Rust tooling (`cargo fmt`,
`cargo clippy`).
- Run the tests with `cargo test`.
## License
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (see `Cargo.toml` metadata).