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• Add pt_PT credit card provider. Thanks @rubenandre.

• Added Company Provider for tr_TR locale. Thanks @iamnotagentleman.

• Add job providers for tr_TR. Thanks @molcay.

• Implement color provider for sk_SK locale. Thanks @pipozzz.

• Fix hu_HU color provider inheritance. Thanks @n1ngu.

• Bigger zipcode ranges for VA, TX and MD in en_US. Thanks @Antetokounpo.

• Add new style pt_PT automotive plates. Thanks @gplgps.

• Remove duplicate jobs from the pt_PT provider (#1282). Thanks @gplgps.

• Use "Belarus" instead of "Vitryssland" for sv_SE. Thanks @Majsvaffla.
• Added bank provider for tr_TR locale. Thanks @iamnotagentleman.
• Improve VAT generation for IT provider. Thanks @LordGordonQ.
• Use non-zero number for first digit of Swedish postal codes. Thanks @Majsvaffla.

• Add es_ES autonomous communities (Spanish regions). Thanks @mondeja.
• Add JSON and Fixed Width argument group and parser support. Thanks @johnbrandborg.
• Update zh_CN ssn provider to support gender. Thanks @mapoor.
• Fix typo in de_DE job provider. Thanks @datadominik.
• or_IN Odia person's name added. Thanks @soumendrak.
• Remove datetime_safe shim subclass in favor of native Python datetime.datetime. Thanks @samcrang.

• Extend Person Provider to support non-binary suffixes and prefixes. Thank you @crd.
• Add safe_domain_name generator. Thanks @crd.
• Fix max_value/positive pyfloat interaction. Thanks @coiax.
• Update bban_format for fi_FI locale. Thanks @ALMP-SallaH.
• Fix person.ja_JP kana and roman characters. Thanks @yameholo.
• Add json and fixed_width generators. Thank you @johnbrandborg.
• Add SWIFT code provider methods: swift, swift8 and swift11. Thanks @malefice.
• Add es_ES internet provider. Thanks @mondeja.
• Update bban_format for fr_FR locale. Thanks @r3gis3r.
• Update fr_FR job provider. Thanks @mondeja.
• Add es_ES barcode provider. Thanks @mondeja.
• Add parser argument support. Thanks @johnbrandborg.

• Add date_time providers for cs_CZ, de_AT, es_ES, it_IT, sk_SK, tr_TR. Thanks @eumiro.
• Add prefix support to BarcodeProvider. Thanks @yu-ichiro.
• Fix company format for hy_AM provider. Thanks @mdantonio.
• Add .uk email providers and TLDs for en_GB. Thanks @craiga.
• Add language_name generator. Thanks @ikhomutov and @mondeja.
• Add pytimezone generator returning tzinfo objects. Thanks @OJFord.
• Add es_ES currency provider. Thanks @mondeja.

• Add pytest plugin. Thanks @malefice.
• Fix phone numbers for es_ES. Thanks @pablofm.
• Fix uuid provider to return a uuid4 object when cast_to is set to None. Thanks @rodrigondec.
• Update names for es_ES person provider. Thanks @mondeja.
• Add provider for sk_SK birth_number. Thanks @eumiro.
• Add day_of_week and month_name for de_DE provider. Thanks @eumiro.

• Fixed MSISDN for pt_BR to return only mobile numbers. Thanks @rodrigondec.
• Added Domain Generator Algorithm by date. Thanks @pishchalnikov.
• Fixed issue where pydict provider was not returning the correct number of elements. Thanks @mstellon.
• Added support for Indian Aadhaar numbers. Thanks @curiousElf.
• Added company_vat for it_IT. Thanks @alitaker.
• Improved autodocumentation of providers. Thanks @malefice.
• Added provider for es_ES license plates. Thanks @mondeja.
• Implemented __dir__ method to Faker proxy for better autocompletion. Thanks @douglasfarinelli.
• Uppercased HEX colors for all localized color providers. Thanks @mondeja.
• Added bank provider for es_ES locale. Thanks @mondeja.
• Added support for UK counties. Thanks @neilav.
• Added color provider for no_NO license plates. Thanks @bjorskog.
• Made value_types a keyword argument in python provider. Thanks @slafs.

• Add more data for ko_KR address provider. Thanks @alstn2468.
• Improved pt_PT locale for address and bank. Thanks @mustakarhu.
• Add port_number method to internet provider. Thanks @pishchalnikov.
• Add color provider for fa_IR locale. Thanks @abtinmo.
• Add formatting options for pt_BR postcodes. Thanks @perssonsimon1 and @klaraesr.
• Add country_calling_code to phone_number provider. Thanks @perssonsimon1.
• Fix leap year issue. Thanks @mmcmahon.
• Add AutomotiveProvider for fr_FR locale. Thanks @clarissedescamps and @perssonsimon1.
• Fix cellphone_formats in pt_BR PhoneNumberProvider. Thanks @rodrigondec.

• Provider improvements for Russian locale:

  • added city suffixes, regions and country list
  • regions converted into states for now
  • street address formats and states expanded
  • lists for street titles changed
  • Fixed errors in Automotive Provider
  • Fixed errors in Address Provider
  • Bank Provider expanded:
    • BIC added)
    • Added list of banks
  • Improved Company Provider
  • Credit Card and Person Provider improvements
  • Currency Provider improvements
  • Date-Time Provider improvements
  • translit fix

  Thanks @valestel.

• Add Birth Number to czech locale. Thanks @Jengah.

• Add persons provider for fr_QC. Thanks @Lionesk.

• Breaking change: Remove support for end-of-life Python 2.7.

NOTE: This is the last release to support Python 2.7.x.

• Add provider methods zip and tar for generating zip and tar files. Thanks @malefice.
• Add en-CA postcode_in_province() method. Thanks @oeuftete.
• Update Address and Automotive provider for Russian locale. Thanks @valestel.
• Add provider methods for dsv files: csv, tsv, psv and generic dsv. Thanks @malefice.
• Remove parenthesis from city name in de_DE address provider. Thanks @jerr0328.
• Add NIP generator in pl_PL. Thanks @IlfirinPL.
• Fix Faker.random_number intermittent exceptions. Thanks @Jengah.

• Breaking change: Add support for multiple locale data generation. Thanks @malefice.

• Add Iranian credit card. Thanks @abtinmo.
• Improve color provider. Thanks @malefice.
• Add counties (concelhos) for locale pt_PT. Thanks @tng10.
• Change NY zipcode range. Thanks @arielkaluzhny.
• Fix pyfloat out of min/max range. Thanks @bryan-brancotte.

• Drop python 3.4.
• Fix master card number generator. Thanks @nkthanh98.
• Add provider for Finnish IBAN numbers. Thanks @sitomani.
• Add color in Thai language. Thanks @mesodiar.
• Split first names into male/female for person/de_AT. Thanks @Jayday.
• Extend data for de_AT and it_IT person providers. Thanks @Jayday.
• Add ta_IN support. Thanks @jcopps.
• Add *_PH locales. Thanks @malefice.
• Add Thai lorem. Thanks @mesodiar.
• Add job in ja_JP. Thanks @shmokmt.
• Optimize IPv4 address generation. Thanks @malefice.
• Increase bban_format length for en_GB. Thanks @Necrathex.
• Fix occasional errors in ISBN provider. Thanks @malefice.
• Add more phone numbers to fa_IR locale. Thanks @abtinmo.
• Add support for token-based string generation. Thanks @malefice.
• Improve barcode provider. Thanks @malefice.
• Fix for pyfloat empty randrange. Thanks @jcardali.

• Use the provider's RNG instead of the random module in invalid_ssn. Thanks @luser.
• Fix randomize_nb_elements max argument. Thanks @jorrit-wehelp.
• Add de_DE jobs. Thanks @CodeAndChoke.
• Add pt_PT automotive plates. Thanks @rubenandre.
• Add el_GR jobs. Thanks @athaks.
• Add police id for el_GR. Thanks @athaks.
• Add jobs for for pt_PT. Thanks @rubenandre.

• Fix typos, misspellings. Add locations, names, dates in hi_IN providers. Thanks @kathawala.
• Bump required version text-unidecode to 1.3. Thanks @moggers87.
• Bug fix for pyfloat going over max_value. Thanks @fgs-dbudwin.

• Add nationalities for locale pt_PT. Thanks @tng10.
• Add ios() and android() to user_agent provider. Thanks @gsilvan.
• Update zh_CN provinces. Thanks @casen27.

• Breaking change: Only allow providers to use OrderedDict s, to avoid any more PYTHONHASHSEED problems. Thanks @adamchainz.

• Rename pyint min and max to min_value and max_value. Thanks @francoisfreitag.
• Remove some validations from Faker and delegate it to an external library, validators. Thanks @kingbuzzman.
• Add an "Invalid SSN" generator to the en_US SSN Provider. Thanks @darrylwhiting.
• Include "Praia" as street_prefix in pr_BR address Provider. Thanks @G5Olivieri.
• Loosen version restrictions on freezegun and random2. Thanks @timokau.
• Add SSN provider for es_MX. Thanks @mrfunnyshoes.
• Add pwz generator for pl_PL. Thanks @torm89.
• Add date_of_birth and sex argument to pesel Provider (pl_PL). Thanks @torm89.
• Fix datetime parsing on environments with negative offsets. Thanks @bluesheeptoken.

• Remove dead url from image_placeholder_services. Thanks @Monstrofil.
• Fix missing first_names in Romanian person provider. Thanks @xlotlu.
• Add Catalan, adds doi/nie/nif/cif to Spain ssn. Thanks @kingbuzzman.
• Add texts to generate list of texts. Thanks @pishchalnikov.
• Add provider for pl_PL automotive and Polish pesel number. Thanks @adwojak.
• Corrected behavior for pyfloat. Thanks @ariksu.

• Add missing commas to company/nl_NL provider. Thanks @francoisfreitag.
• Add bounds to pyint. Thanks @francoisfreitag.
• Accept step argument in random_int(). Thanks @francoisfreitag.

• Add min and max values for pyfloat and pydecimal. Thanks @Lrcezimbra.
• Add months and M to the syntax for start_date and end_date. Thanks @anneclairebrld.
• Add support for PyInstaller. Thanks @arossert.
• Add Dutch company names. Thanks @MathynS.
• Fix some invalid French phone numbers starting with +33 8x. Thanks @stephane.
• Add Armenian locale hy_AM. Thanks @hovikman.

1.0.4 - 12-March-2019 <https://github.com/joke2k/faker/compare/v1.0.3...v1.0.4>_

• Fix erratic test.

• Fix AttributeError in user_Agent provider. Thanks @Mattwmaster58 for the report.
• Update zh_TW person provider. Thanks @TimeFinger.
• Add street data & remove street_prefixes from id_ID address provider. Thanks @codenoid.
• Fix parsing of timedeltas in date_time provider. Thanks @riconnon for the report.
• Split name formats into formats_male and formats_female for de_DE provider. Thanks @petro-zdebskyi.
• Pin more-itertools to a version compatible with Python 2.7. Thanks @canarduck.
• Fix fr_FR postcodes_format. Thanks @canarduck.
• Fix hex code for yellowgreen color. Thanks @hovikman.
• Add Brazilian RG (identity card). Thanks @davizucon.
• Allow overriding of random generator class.

• Fix state abbreviations for id_ID to be 2-letters. Thanks @dt-ap.
• Fix format for city_with_postcode on de_DE locale. Thanks @TZanke.
• Update person providers for zh_CN. Thanks @TimeFinger.
• Implement zipcode_in_state and aliases in en_US locale for generating a zipcode for a specified state. Thanks @mattyg.
• Group first names by gender on zh_CN provider. Thanks @TimeFinger.

• Fix number of digits in phone_number provider for no_NO. Thanks @aleksanb.
• Add categories to jp_JP company provider. Thanks @shirakia.
• Add trunk prefix for ru_RU phone numbers. thanks @pishchalnikov.

• Breaking change: latlng, latitude and longitude no longer return coordinates that are close the locale's country. Use the local_latlng, local_latitude and local_longitude instead.
• Add location_on_land provider. Thanks @shacker.

• Add cellphone_number method for pt_BR. Thanks @Newman101.
• Fix urls generated by from image_url. Thanks @tsiaGeorge.
• Add job provider for th_TH. Thanks @mesodiar.
• Add phone number provider for th_TH. Thanks @zkan.
• Add bank provider for pl_PL locale. Thanks @andrzej3393.
• Add lorem provider for pl_PL locale. Thanks @andrzej3393.
• Add Postcode and City format for de_DE provider. Thanks @Newman101.
• Add vat_id to ssn providers for bg_BG, cs_CZ, de_AT, de_CH, de_de, dk_DK, el_CY, el_GR, en_GB, en_IE, es_ES, et_EE, fi_FI, fr_CH, fr_FR, hr_HR, hu_HU, it_IT, lb_LU, lt_LT, lv_LV, mt_MT, nl_BE, nl_NL, no_NO, pl_PL, pt_PT, ro_RO, sk_SK, sl_SI and sv_SE. Thanks @mastacheata.
• Add postcode and city_with_postcode for cs_CZ. Thanks @Newman101.
• Add postcode and city_with_postcode for de_AT. Thanks @Newman101.
• Add license_plate for ru_RU. Thanks @codaver.
• Remove incorrect phone number formats from en_US. Thanks @stephenross.
• Add job provider for bs_BA. Thanks @elahmo.
• Add hostname provider. Thanks @ediblesushi.
• Add license plates for sv_SE. Thanks @vilhelmmelkstam.
• Allow uuid4 to return a UUID object. Thanks @ediblesushi.

• Add company names to pl_PL provider. Thanks @@twkrol.
• Add replacements for non-ascii characters in pt_BR. Thanks @clarmso.
• Add some more placeholder image services. Thanks @clarmso.
• Separate male name and female name formats in cs_CZ provider. Thanks @clarmso.
• Add second level domains (mostly provinces) for cn top level domain. Thanks @clarmso.
• Add fr_FR localization to lorem provider. Thanks @tristandeborde.
• Lots of work on internal cleanup and optimizing the CI. Thanks @jdufresne.
• Add flake8 to the CI. Thanks @andrzej3393.

• Fix missing and misplaced comma's in many providers. Thanks @153957.
• Refactor IPv4 address generation to leverage ipaddress module. Thanks @maticomp.
• An en_NZ provider for addresses, phone numbers and email addresses. Thanks @doctorlard.
• Add unique argument to words() for returning unique words. Thanks @micahstrube.
• Allow US territories to be excluded from state_abbr() for en_US provider. Thanks @micahstrube.
• Add support for Python 3.7. Thanks @michael-k.

• .random_sample() now returns a list of unique elements instead of a set.
• .random_sample_unique() is removed in favor of .random_sample().
• Added random_choices(), random_elements() and random_letters().
• Added faker.utils.distribution.choices_distribution_unique().
• words(), password(), uri_path and pystr() now use the new the random_choices() method.

• Change blood group from 0 (zero) to O (capital letter O). Some locales do use 'zero', but O is more common and it is the medical standard. Thanks @mohi7solanki.
• Fix alpha-2 country code for Haiti. Thanks @sevens-ef for the report.
• Fix abbreviation for Nunavut. Thanks @straz for the report.
• Standardized postcode in address providers. Now all locales are guaranteed to have a postcode method and may have a localized alias for it (eg: zipcode). Thanks @straz for the report.
• Fix typo in pt_BR Person perovider. Thanks @Nichlas.
• Fix timezone handling. Thanks @Fraterius.
• Use tzinfo when provided in date_of_birth. Thanks @Kelledin.

• Add ein, itin and refactored ssn Provider for en_US. Thanks @crd.
• Add job provider for zh_CN. Thanks @ramwin.
• Add date_of_birth provider. Thanks @cdr.
• Add alpha-3 representation option for country-code provider. Thanks @cdr.

• Fix test for CPF (Brazilian SSN). Thanks Rubens Takiguti Ribeiro.
• Fix Canadian SIN generation. Thanks @crd.
• Fix Norwegian SSN date portion. Thanks @frangiz.
• Add start_datetime argument for unix_time(). Thanks @crd.

• Change logging level to DEBUG.

• Add possibility to make artificial ssn numbers for FI_fi. Thanks @kivipe.
• Update ko_KR person data based on statistics. Thanks @unace.
• Improved logging. Thanks @confirmationbias616.

• Add no_NO bank provider. Thanks @cloveras.
• Add ipv4_network_class, ipv4_private, ipv4_public providers. Thanks @ZuluPro.
• Add address_class and private arguments to ipv4 provider. Thanks @ZuluPro.
• Add currency, currency_name, cryptocurrency, cryptocurrency_code and cryptocurrency_name to currency provider. Thanks @ZuluPro.
• Add automotive provider for de_DE. Thanks @gsilvan.
• Fix edgecases for Finnish ssn provider. Thanks @sanga.
• Add job provider for pt_BR. Thanks @paladini.
• Add unix_device and unix_partition to file provider. Thanks @ZuluPro.
• Add random_lowercase_letter and random_uppercase_letter to the base provider. Thanks @ZuluPro.
• Clarify CLI help. Thanks @confirmationbias616.

• Fix issue with cx_Freeze. Thanks @sedominik.
• Add dutch nl_NL bank provider. Thanks @PatSousa.
• Add distrito and freguesia to pt_PT address provider. Thanks @ZuluPro.
• Fix unicode issues with the person provider. Thanks @karthikarul20.
• Add en_SG person provider. Thanks @karthikarul20.
• Add street names to the Ukrainian address provider. Thanks @cadmi.
• Add de_AT address provider. Thanks @bessl.
• Fix credit card prefixes. Thanks @jphalip.
• Fix capitalization in no_NO address provider. Thanks @cloveras.
• Fix deprecated syntax for raw strings. Thanks @dchudz.
• Add latitude and longitude to de_AT address provider. Thanks @bessl.
• Fix incorrect value in list of middle name for locale ru_RU. Thanks @damirazo.

• Add scheme selection for internet url provider. Thanks @ProvoK.
• Increase lower bound on AD date generation. Thanks @prophile.
• Add the ability to specify the min and max age for some ssn locales. Thanks @frangiz.

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• Pass python_requires argument to setuptools. Thanks @jdufresne.
• Remove some words from en_US lorem ipsum provider. Thanks @Pomax.

• Remove support for Python 3.3. Thanks @jdufresne.
• Allow past dates within a second. Thanks @DanEEstar.
• Added phone number formatting to en_GB localisation to ensure no genuine phone numbers are generated. Thanks @TheSapper.
• Added en_GB localisation for SSN (UK National Insurance Number). Thanks @TheSapper.
• Added ro_RO person Provider. Thanks @vasilesmartup.
• Added domain argument to email provider. Thanks @lcd1232.

• made seed_instance return self for chainability.
• Add en_US locale for lorem. Thanks @shacker.
• fi_FI gender specific data added. Thanks @mikkhola.
• fi_FI address and job lists updated. Thanks @mikkhola.
• Add iban provider. Thanks @cdaller.

• Corrected some issues with the Hungarian (hu_HU) providers, such as incorrectly capitalized company suffixes, street/road type names and place names. Thanks @chrisvoncsefalvay.
• The Hungarian locale's providers.job.job provider now returns Hungarian job names, taken from the Hungarian National Statistical Office (KSH)'s 2008 survey nomenclature of employment (FEOR '08). Thanks @chrisvoncsefalvay.
• Added he_IL locale. Thanks @bjesus.
• Fix possible infinite loop in random_sample_unique. Thanks @153957.
• Add aliases to make pt_BR address provider compatible with en_US. Thanks @diegoholiveira.
• Fix ResourceWarning in setup.py. Thanks @jdufresne.
• Update test requirements.

• Replace unidecode dependency in favor of text-unidecode. Faker now requires text-unidecode.

• Add ASCII emails. Thanks @barseghyanartur.
• Add id_ID Providers. Thanks Sidi Ahmad.
• Fix date_time.time_series() to ensure start and end bounds are inclusive. Thanks @bijanvakili.
• Create a provider to Brazilian license plates. Thanks @diegoholiveira.
• Use a proper international format for Ukrainian phone numbers. Thanks @illia-v.
• Faker now requires Unidecode.

• Move email_validator to test_requires and unpinned the version number.
• Date feature parity with datetime. Thanks @noirbizarre.
• Add MSISDN in the phone_number provider. Thanks @patrickporto.
• Add Arabic locales. Thanks @ahmedaljazzar.
• Fix datetime issue on Windows. Thanks @kungfu71186.

• Fix release build.

• Revert name change of faker.generator.random. Thanks @adamchainz.
• Document the global shared random.Random and seed_instance(). Thanks @adamchainz.

• Rolled back breaking change in randomize_nb_elements.

• Add identity_card_number for pl_PL person provider. Thanks @pdaw.
• More descriptive error message when a formatter is not found. Thanks @fcurella.
• Add time_series provider. Thanks @fcurella.
• Add per-instance seeding via .seed_instance method. Thanks @reverbc.
• Fix tz_TW address provider. Thanks @clarmso.