[jira] [Created] (AVRO-3066) Add support for duration logical type to Python implementation

["Spencer Nelson (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Spencer Nelson created AVRO-3066:
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             Summary: Add support for duration logical type to Python implementation
                 Key: AVRO-3066
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-3066
             Project: Apache Avro
          Issue Type: New Feature
          Components: python
            Reporter: Spencer Nelson


The duration logical type was added back in \AVRO-739, but it still isn't in the Python implementation.

Because durations encode an integer number of months in addition to days and seconds, the standard library's {{datetime.timedelta}} is insufficient for representing an Avro duration.

One option is to return a tuple - the triplet of months, days, and seconds. Another option is to use a [relativedelta|https://dateutil.readthedocs.io/en/stable/relativedelta.html] from the well-known, but third-party, {{dateutil}} library. I would lean towards the latter, but I understand the downsides of adding a dependency.



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