python-dateutil
Extensions to Python's datetime module for advanced date and time manipulation.
Utilities PyPI Dual License
Used in agent projects
165
1.3% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in utilities
#7 of 109
by use in those projects
Downloads
233M
PyPI, last 7 days, python-dateutil
GitHub stars
2,638
last push Sep 26, 2026
How python-dateutil is used
python-dateutil is a dependency in 165 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (1.3%), #7 of 109 in utilities. The most used alternative there is clsx. Projects that use it most often also use Requests (75.2%), NumPy (73.9%), python-dotenv (65.5%).
Often used with python-dateutil
| Requests | 75.2% of python-dateutil projects · 14.1× more than average |
|---|---|
| NumPy | 73.9% of python-dateutil projects · 19.3× more than average |
| python-dotenv | 65.5% of python-dateutil projects · 10.0× more than average |
| Pydantic | 65.5% of python-dateutil projects · 12.8× more than average |
| pandas | 62.4% of python-dateutil projects · 20.7× more than average |
| urllib3 | 58.8% of python-dateutil projects · 38.7× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 1.7% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 1.4% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 1.7% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 1.1% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list python-dateutil as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install python-dateutil |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (160), Next.js (4), Other (1) |
| Example projects | henrytirla/Solana-Trading-Bot, microsoft/edge-ai, Sunanang/FNMessageBots, timowhite88/Farnsworth, leionion/solana-bot-bump |
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