Add Parse Relative Time To datetime Object as a Python TIL

README.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ working across different projects via [VisualMode](https://www.visualmode.dev/).
 
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-_1753 TILs and counting..._
+_1755 TILs and counting..._
 
 See some of the other learning resources I work on:
 
@@ -763,6 +763,7 @@ If you've learned something here, support my efforts writing daily TILs by
 - [List The Files Being Loaded By Mise](mise/list-the-files-being-loaded-by-mise.md)
 - [Look In Ruby Version Dotfile](mise/look-in-ruby-version-dotfile.md)
 - [Override Your Project Mise File](mise/override-your-project-mise-file.md)
+- [Pick From Tasks Using Interactive Picker](mise/pick-from-tasks-using-interactive-picker.md)
 - [Preserve Color Output For Task Command](mise/preserve-color-output-for-task-command.md)
 - [Read Existing Dot Env File Into Env Vars](mise/read-existing-dot-env-file-into-env-vars.md)
 - [Run A Command With Specific Tool Version](mise/run-a-command-with-specific-tool-version.md)
@@ -1052,6 +1053,7 @@ If you've learned something here, support my efforts writing daily TILs by
 - [Keep A Tally With collections.Counter](python/keep-a-tally-with-collections-counter.md)
 - [Load A File Into The Python REPL](python/load-a-file-into-the-python-repl.md)
 - [Override The Boolean Context Of A Class](python/override-the-boolean-context-of-a-class.md)
+- [Parse Relative Time To datetime Object](python/parse-relative-time-to-datetime-object.md)
 - [Store And Access Immutable Data In A Tuple](python/store-and-access-immutable-data-in-a-tuple.md)
 - [Test A Function With Pytest](python/test-a-function-with-pytest.md)
 - [Use pipx To Install End User Apps](python/use-pipx-to-install-end-user-apps.md)

mise/create-umbrella-task-for-all-test-tasks.md

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 # Create Umbrella Task For All Test Tasks
 
-When I was first sketching out the [`mise`
+When I was first sketching out the [`mise` tasks](https://mise.jdx.dev/tasks/running-tasks.html) for a Rails app, I added
-tasks](https://mise.jdx.dev/tasks/running-tasks.html) for a Rails app, I added
+the following two tasks. One is for running all the `rspec` tests. The other is
-the following two tasks. One is for running all the `rspec` tests. The Other is
 for running all the `vitest` (JavaScript) tests.
 
 ```toml
@@ -49,5 +48,4 @@ Running `mise run test:all` won't execute its own command, but because it
 depends on all other `test:*` tasks, the tests will get run through those
 dependencies.
 
-This task naming pattern also allows for calling all tests with `mise run
+This task naming pattern also allows for calling all tests with `mise run "test:**"`.
-"test:**"`.

mise/pick-from-tasks-using-interactive-picker.md

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# Pick From Tasks Using Interactive Picker
+
+In [Add Mise Tasks For Common Workflow
+Commands](https://www.visualmode.dev/add-mise-tasks-for-common-workflow-commands),
+I wrote about a set of tasks I added as shortcuts for connecting to the `rails console` in various environments.
+
+```toml
+# mise.toml
+[tasks."console:staging"]
+description = "Open a Rails console on staging"
+run = "ssh -t my-app-staging dokku run my-app rails console"
+
+[tasks."console:prod"]
+description = "Open a Rails console on production"
+run = "ssh -t my-app-prod dokku run my-app rails console"
+```
+
+When a project is configured with multiple `mise` tasks like this, we can invoke
+`mise run` without any specific arguments and it will prompt you with an
+interactive picker. The picker will populate with all the tasks like so:
+
+```bash
+❯ mise run
+Tasks
+Select a task to run
+❯ console:prod     Open a Rails console on production
+  console:staging  Open a Rails console on staging
+/
+esc clear filter • enter confirm
+```
+
+We can navigate between the options with the arrow keys (and if we exit _filter_
+mode by hitting `esc`, then `j/k` also work to move down and up). While in
+_filter_ mode, we can type into the prompt which will filter the list of
+commands down to just the partial matches.
+
+Once we're targeting the task we want to run, we hit `enter` and the task is
+executed.

python/parse-relative-time-to-datetime-object.md

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+# Parse Relative Time To datetime Object
+
+I was looking for an out-of-the-box solution for parsing natural language,
+relative time strings (e.g. `'33 minutes ago'`) into valid `datetime` objects.
+The best library for this is
+[`dateparser`](https://dateparser.readthedocs.io/en/latest/).
+
+While it is as easy to use this as _import_ then _parse_:
+
+```python
+>>> import dateparser
+>>> dateparser.parse('33 minutes ago')
+datetime.datetime(2026, 3, 7, 23, 19, 9, 17855)
+```
+
+There is more to it if we need to deal with timezones.
+
+In my use case, I wanted to my `datetime` object to be timezone-aware and I
+wanted to store it in `UTC`.
+
+As is, the above simple `datetime` object is not `tzaware`, meaning it doesn't
+have any `tzinfo` attached to it.
+
+```python
+>>> dateparser.parse('33 minutes ago').tzinfo is not None
+False
+```
+
+We need to pass some additional settings during `parse`.
+
+```python
+>>> settings = {'RETURN_AS_TIMEZONE_AWARE': True}
+>>> dateparser.parse('33 minutes ago', settings=settings)
+>>> _
+datetime.datetime(2026, 3, 8, 9, 53, 36, 225099, tzinfo=zoneinfo.ZoneInfo(key='America/Chicago'))
+>>> settings['TO_TIMEZONE'] = 'UTC'
+>>> dateparser.parse('33 minutes ago', settings=settings)
+>>> _
+datetime.datetime(2026, 3, 8, 14, 54, 47, 34041, tzinfo=<StaticTzInfo 'UTC'>)
+```
+
+The first step to getting a `datetime` object that is `tzaware` is to set
+`RETURN_AS_TIMEZONE_AWARE` to `True`. That picks up the locale setting of the
+system it is running on -- in my case, I'm in Chicago.
+
+I said I wanted to store this as UTC though. That means I need to pass an
+additional setting `TO_TIMEZONE` with a value of `'UTC'` which will translate
+the `datetime` from my local time to UTC -- notice the 5 hour difference from
+`9` to `14`.
+
+Storing `datetime` details like this with timezone info _as_ UTC is nice because
+it keeps everything consistent at the storage layer and then at the presentation
+layer I can always convert it right back to the local timezone with
+`astimezone`.
+
+```python
+>>> _.astimezone()
+datetime.datetime(2026, 3, 8, 9, 54, 47, 34041, tzinfo=datetime.timezone(datetime.timedelta(days=-1, seconds=68400), 'CDT'))
+```
+
+See the [`datetime` docs](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html) for
+more details.