tu
| Crates.io | tu |
| lib.rs | tu |
| version | 0.4.0 |
| created_at | 2024-03-16 14:28:51.962913+00 |
| updated_at | 2025-07-25 10:25:27.69686+00 |
| description | CLI tool to convert a natural language date/time string to UTC |
| homepage | |
| repository | https://github.com/ad-si/tu |
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Adrian Sieber (ad-si)
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tu
CLI tool to convert a natural language date/time to UTC.
Installation
cargo install tu
Usage
Usage: tu <natural time/duration>
Examples:
tu today -> 2024-03-16T12:56:41.905455Z
tu tomorrow -> 2024-03-17T12:56:41.905455Z
tu 2 day -> 2024-03-18T12:56:41.905455Z
tu 9 week -> 2024-05-18T12:56:41.905455Z
tu 1 month -> 2024-04-16T00:00:00Z
tu 2024-04-10T13:31:46+04:00 -> 2024-04-10T09:31:46Z
tu Wed, 14 Feb 2024 23:16:09 GMT -> 2024-02-14T23:16:09Z
This is especially useful in combination with other tools like TaskLite:
# Bash
tasklite add "Buy bike" due:$(tu 2 week)
# Fish
tasklite add "Buy bike" due:(tu 2 week)
Related
biff- CLI tool for datetime arithmetic, parsing, formatting, etc.- dateutils - CLI date and time utilities for calculations and conversions
fuzzy-time- Haskell package for parsing fuzzy time strings.- utcify.ad-si.com - Web tool to convert local-time strings to UTC.
- uutils
date- Print or set the system date and time. when- Timezone CLI tool.