hijri-converter

• Deprecated the package in favor of the new hijridate package.
• Dropped support for Python 3.6 and added support for Python 3.11.
• Updated documentation and removed badges from the package description.
• Changed GitHub username back to @dralshehri and updated related links.

• Added more classifiers to package configuration.
• Fixed location of type-checking marker file. (By @dimbleby in #10)
• Updated development and build requirements.

• Changed package docstrings to Google style and updated documentation.
• Updated development workflows and configurations.
• Other minor fixes and enhancements.
• Changed GitHub username to @mhalshehri and updated related links.

• Added some missing variable annotations to ummalqura module.
• Fixed an issue when generating documentation.
• Fixed some typos in docstrings and improved documentation.
• Other minor fixes and enhancements.

• Fixed calculation of month 12 of the year 1354 AH.
• Fixed an issue when generating documentation without the package being installed. (#7)
• Refactored internal helper functions.
• Updated and improved tests and documentation.
• Fixed some typos.

• Added today() classmethod to Hijri class to get the Hijri Object of today's date.
• Added separator and padding parameters to dmyformat() method to have more control over formatting.
• Refactored locales for better management and testing. (Inspired by Arrow localization)
• Updated main classes to be conveniently imported into the package level e.g. from hijri_converter import Hijri, Gregorian.
• Removed deprecated method slashformat() from Hijri and Gregorian classes.
• Updated tests and documentation.
• Other minor fixes and internal enhancements.

• Minor fixes and enhancements for docstrings and documentation.

• Added Bangla translation. (By @nokibsarkar in #4)
• Changed Hijri rich comparison to return NotImplemented when the second operand is not Hijri class.
• Changed ummalqura constants to be in capital letters adhering to PEP8.
• Updated packaging configuration files and local development workflow.
• Other minor fixes and documentation enhancements.

• Added dmyformat() to return dates in DD/MM/YYYY format.
• Deprecated slashformat() method to be replaced by dmyformat() method.
• Fixed PyPI package not including some required files. (#3)
• Fixed some typos.
• Updated tests.

This version has more accurate conversion and better internal code. Details are as follows:

• Dropped support for the years before 1343 AH because the Umm al-Qura calendar was not established then.
• Added validate parameter to Hijri class for optional disabling of Hijri date validation and improving performance. However, disabling validation will decrease the conversion accuracy silently.
• Verified conversion against original references and updated the month_starts tuple for more accurate conversion.
• Improved Hijri class rich comparison methods.
• Improved date validation methods for better performance and readability.
• Made the Hijri class hashable by adding a custom __hash__ method.
• Refactored many internal methods (not affecting the API).
• Other minor fixes, enhancements and performance boost.

In short, this version supports only lunar Hijri calendar on Python 3.6+, and the conversion is in complete agreement with the official Umm al-Qura calendar. Details are as follows:

• Renamed the package to hijri-converter.
• Dropped support for the solar Hijri calendar.
• Dropped support for Python 3.5.
• Refactored localization and ummalqura.py module.
• Updated month_starts tuple in alignment with the Umm al-Qura calendar.
• Added fromdate() classmethod to Gregorian class.
• Added notation() method to Hijri and Gregorian classes.
• Added more methods to Gregorian class including slashformat(), month_name(), day_name() and to_julian().
• Renamed month_days() method of Hijri class to month_length().
• Changed formatted string to use f-strings.
• Improved documentation and examples.
• Updated unit tests.
• Fixed other minor issues and typos.