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v2.17.0

Happy 2025! This release is being made from FOSDEM 2025, in Brussels, Belgium. 🇧🇪

Thank you to all contributors, new and old, and here's to another great year of internationalization and localization!

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What's Changed

• Fix deprecation warnings for datetime.utcnow() by @​tomasr8 in python-babel/babel#1119
• Enclose white spaces in references by @​Dunedan in python-babel/babel#1105
• Replace str.index with str.find by @​tomasr8 in python-babel/babel#1130
• Replace more alternate characters in format_skeleton by @​tomasr8 in python-babel/babel#1122
• Fix extracted lineno with nested calls by @​dylankiss in python-babel/babel#1126
• "Deleted duplicate code in test" by @​mattdiaz007 in python-babel/babel#1138
• Fix of list index out of range error in PoFileParser.add_message when translations is empty by @​gabe-sherman in python-babel/babel#1135
• Make seconds optional in parse_time time formats by @​tomasr8 in python-babel/babel#1141
• Mark wraptext deprecated; use TextWrapper directly in write_po by @​akx in python-babel/babel#1140
• Fix the way obsolete messages are stored by @​tomasr8 in python-babel/babel#1132
• Replace OrderedDict with just dict by @​tomasr8 in python-babel/babel#1149
• Use CLDR 46 by @​tomasr8 in python-babel/babel#1145
• Update CI to use python 3.13 and Ubuntu 24.04 by @​tomasr8 in python-babel/babel#1153
• Adjust docs/conf.py to add compatibility with sphinx 8 by @​hrnciar in python-babel/babel#1155
• Allow specifying an explicit format in parse_date/parse_time by @​tomasr8 in python-babel/babel#1131
• Simplify read_mo logic regarding catalog.charset by @​tomasr8 in python-babel/babel#1148
• Bump CI/tool versions by @​akx in python-babel/babel#1160
• fix: check_and_call_extract_file uses the first matching method and options, instead of the first matching method and last matching options by @​jpmckinney in python-babel/babel#1121
• Prevent wrapping file locations containing white space by @​tomasr8 in python-babel/babel#1120
• Add tzdata as dev dependency and sync with tox.ini by @​wandrew004 in python-babel/babel#1159
• Support short and narrow formats for format_timedelta when using add_direction by @​akx in python-babel/babel#1163
• Improve handling for locale=None by @​akx in python-babel/babel#1164
• Use pytest.raises(match=...) by @​akx in python-babel/babel#1166
• Strip extra leading slashes in /etc/localtime by @​akx in python-babel/babel#1165
• Remove redundant assignment in Catalog.__setitem__ by @​tomasr8 in python-babel/babel#1167
• Small cleanups by @​akx in python-babel/babel#1170
• Small test cleanup by @​akx in python-babel/babel#1172
• Add Message.python_brace_format by @​tomasr8 in python-babel/babel#1169
• Import Literal from the typing module by @​tomasr8 in python-babel/babel#1175
• Prefer LC_MONETARY when formatting currencies by @​akx in python-babel/babel#1173
• Fix dates formatting Y, w and W symbols for week-numbering by @​jun66j5 in python-babel/babel#1179
• Increase test coverage of the python_format checker by @​tomasr8 in python-babel/babel#1176
• Prepare for 2.17.0 by @​akx in python-babel/babel#1182

New Contributors

• @​Dunedan made their first contribution in python-babel/babel#1105

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Sourced from babel's changelog.

Version 2.17.0

Happy 2025! This release is being made from FOSDEM 2025, in Brussels, Belgium.

Thank you to all contributors, new and old, and here's to another great year of internationalization and localization!

Features

* CLDR: Babel now uses CLDR 46, by @tomasr8 in :gh:`1145`
* Dates: Allow specifying an explicit format in parse_date/parse_time by @tomasr8 in :gh:`1131`
* Dates: More alternate characters are now supported by `format_skeleton`. By @tomasr8 in :gh:`1122`
* Dates: Support short and narrow formats for format_timedelta when using `add_direction`, by @akx in :gh:`1163`
* Messages: .po files now enclose white spaces in filenames like GNU gettext does. By @Dunedan in :gh:`1105`, and @tomasr8 in :gh:`1120`
* Messages: Initial support for `Message.python_brace_format`, by @tomasr8 in :gh:`1169`
* Numbers: LC_MONETARY is now preferred when formatting currencies, by @akx in :gh:`1173`
Bugfixes

• Dates: Make seconds optional in parse_time time formats by @​tomasr8 in :gh:1141
• Dates: Replace str.index with str.find by @​tomasr8 in :gh:1130
• Dates: Strip extra leading slashes in /etc/localtime by @​akx in :gh:1165
• Dates: Week numbering and formatting of dates with week numbers was repaired by @​jun66j5 in :gh:1179
• General: Improve handling for locale=None by @​akx in :gh:1164
• General: Remove redundant assignment in Catalog.__setitem__ by @​tomasr8 in :gh:1167
• Messages: Fix extracted lineno with nested calls, by @​dylankiss in :gh:1126
• Messages: Fix of list index out of range when translations is empty, by @​gabe-sherman in :gh:1135
• Messages: Fix the way obsolete messages are stored by @​tomasr8 in :gh:1132
• Messages: Simplify read_mo logic regarding catalog.charset by @​tomasr8 in :gh:1148
• Messages: Use the first matching method & options, rather than first matching method & last options, by @​jpmckinney in :gh:1121

Deprecation and compatibility