Pendulum Python library
Shares rank 13 of 14 Python libraries by recommenders
Python date and time library people admire; the most common caveat is that it is a separate object, which some find cumbersome.
Python date and time library people admire; the most common caveat is that it is a separate object, which some find cumbersome.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Long-awaited 1.0 release
“I've been looking forward to whenever 1.0 for a few years now.”
Comment from 8 Oct 2026 in “Why Pendulum had to write the most cursed "+" operator in all of Python” Admiration for the library grows
“My admiration for Pendulum just increased.”
Comment from 7 Oct 2026 in “Why Pendulum had to write the most cursed "+" operator in all of Python”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Separate object feels cumbersome
“pendulum is close but just like the article, it's cumbersome as it's still a separate obj”
Comment from 13 Jan 2026 in “Date is out, Temporal is in” Operator leaks unintended behavior
“it's a mathematical operator, and it leaks out unintended behavior”
Comment from 8 Oct 2026 in “Why Pendulum had to write the most cursed "+" operator in all of Python” Design can't be patched cleanly
“I sent a patch that removes the hack, but the post is about why the underlying design can't be patched the same way.”
Comment from 6 Oct 2026 in “Why Pendulum had to write the most cursed "+" operator in all of Python”
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See all 14 Python libraries, rankedWhat people said
5 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“it's a mathematical operator, and it leaks out unintended behavior”
“I've been looking forward to whenever 1.0 for a few years now.”
“My admiration for Pendulum just increased.”
“I sent a patch that removes the hack, but the post is about why the underlying design can't be patched the same way.”
“pendulum is close but just like the article, it's cumbersome as it's still a separate obj”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.