Replace chrono with jiff for date/time handling (Closes #178)#179
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Closes #178
This pull request replaces the
chronocrate withjifffor all date and time handling throughout the codebase.Motivation
jiffis a better-maintained library that provides a more modern and robust approach to date/time handling in Rust compared tochrono. This migration improves the long-term maintainability and reliability of our date/time operations.Summary of Changes
jiffas a dependency, including theserdefeature.chronoas a dependency fromCargo.toml.chronotojiffinsrc/stats.rs,src/table.rs, andsrc/csv/reader.rs.jiff's API, including:chrono::NaiveDateTimereplaced withjiff::civil::DateTimeNaiveDate::from_ymd_opt().and_hms_opt()->date().at()DateTime::from_timestamp()->jiff::Timestamp::from_second().and_utc().timestamp_nanos_opt()->.to_zoned(TimeZone::UTC).timestamp().as_nanosecond()chrono::format::ParseError->jiff::Error.format()->.strftime()jiffAPI.CHANGELOG.mddocumenting this dependency switch.This change ensures that functionality remains fully backward compatible while leveraging the benefits of
jiff.