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+# Human friendly input/output in Python.
+#
+# Author: Peter Odding <peter@peterodding.com>
+# Last Change: December 10, 2020
+# URL: https://humanfriendly.readthedocs.io
+
+"""The main module of the `humanfriendly` package."""
+
+# Standard library modules.
+import collections
+import datetime
+import decimal
+import numbers
+import os
+import os.path
+import re
+import time
+
+# Modules included in our package.
+from humanfriendly.compat import is_string, monotonic
+from humanfriendly.deprecation import define_aliases
+from humanfriendly.text import concatenate, format, pluralize, tokenize
+
+# Public identifiers that require documentation.
+__all__ = (
+    'CombinedUnit',
+    'InvalidDate',
+    'InvalidLength',
+    'InvalidSize',
+    'InvalidTimespan',
+    'SizeUnit',
+    'Timer',
+    '__version__',
+    'coerce_boolean',
+    'coerce_pattern',
+    'coerce_seconds',
+    'disk_size_units',
+    'format_length',
+    'format_number',
+    'format_path',
+    'format_size',
+    'format_timespan',
+    'length_size_units',
+    'parse_date',
+    'parse_length',
+    'parse_path',
+    'parse_size',
+    'parse_timespan',
+    'round_number',
+    'time_units',
+)
+
+# Semi-standard module versioning.
+__version__ = '9.1'
+
+# Named tuples to define units of size.
+SizeUnit = collections.namedtuple('SizeUnit', 'divider, symbol, name')
+CombinedUnit = collections.namedtuple('CombinedUnit', 'decimal, binary')
+
+# Common disk size units in binary (base-2) and decimal (base-10) multiples.
+disk_size_units = (
+    CombinedUnit(SizeUnit(1000**1, 'KB', 'kilobyte'), SizeUnit(1024**1, 'KiB', 'kibibyte')),
+    CombinedUnit(SizeUnit(1000**2, 'MB', 'megabyte'), SizeUnit(1024**2, 'MiB', 'mebibyte')),
+    CombinedUnit(SizeUnit(1000**3, 'GB', 'gigabyte'), SizeUnit(1024**3, 'GiB', 'gibibyte')),
+    CombinedUnit(SizeUnit(1000**4, 'TB', 'terabyte'), SizeUnit(1024**4, 'TiB', 'tebibyte')),
+    CombinedUnit(SizeUnit(1000**5, 'PB', 'petabyte'), SizeUnit(1024**5, 'PiB', 'pebibyte')),
+    CombinedUnit(SizeUnit(1000**6, 'EB', 'exabyte'), SizeUnit(1024**6, 'EiB', 'exbibyte')),
+    CombinedUnit(SizeUnit(1000**7, 'ZB', 'zettabyte'), SizeUnit(1024**7, 'ZiB', 'zebibyte')),
+    CombinedUnit(SizeUnit(1000**8, 'YB', 'yottabyte'), SizeUnit(1024**8, 'YiB', 'yobibyte')),
+)
+
+# Common length size units, used for formatting and parsing.
+length_size_units = (dict(prefix='nm', divider=1e-09, singular='nm', plural='nm'),
+                     dict(prefix='mm', divider=1e-03, singular='mm', plural='mm'),
+                     dict(prefix='cm', divider=1e-02, singular='cm', plural='cm'),
+                     dict(prefix='m', divider=1, singular='metre', plural='metres'),
+                     dict(prefix='km', divider=1000, singular='km', plural='km'))
+
+# Common time units, used for formatting of time spans.
+time_units = (dict(divider=1e-9, singular='nanosecond', plural='nanoseconds', abbreviations=['ns']),
+              dict(divider=1e-6, singular='microsecond', plural='microseconds', abbreviations=['us']),
+              dict(divider=1e-3, singular='millisecond', plural='milliseconds', abbreviations=['ms']),
+              dict(divider=1, singular='second', plural='seconds', abbreviations=['s', 'sec', 'secs']),
+              dict(divider=60, singular='minute', plural='minutes', abbreviations=['m', 'min', 'mins']),
+              dict(divider=60 * 60, singular='hour', plural='hours', abbreviations=['h']),
+              dict(divider=60 * 60 * 24, singular='day', plural='days', abbreviations=['d']),
+              dict(divider=60 * 60 * 24 * 7, singular='week', plural='weeks', abbreviations=['w']),
+              dict(divider=60 * 60 * 24 * 7 * 52, singular='year', plural='years', abbreviations=['y']))
+
+
+def coerce_boolean(value):
+    """
+    Coerce any value to a boolean.
+
+    :param value: Any Python value. If the value is a string:
+
+                  - The strings '1', 'yes', 'true' and 'on' are coerced to :data:`True`.
+                  - The strings '0', 'no', 'false' and 'off' are coerced to :data:`False`.
+                  - Other strings raise an exception.
+
+                  Other Python values are coerced using :class:`bool`.
+    :returns: A proper boolean value.
+    :raises: :exc:`exceptions.ValueError` when the value is a string but
+             cannot be coerced with certainty.
+    """
+    if is_string(value):
+        normalized = value.strip().lower()
+        if normalized in ('1', 'yes', 'true', 'on'):
+            return True
+        elif normalized in ('0', 'no', 'false', 'off', ''):
+            return False
+        else:
+            msg = "Failed to coerce string to boolean! (%r)"
+            raise ValueError(format(msg, value))
+    else:
+        return bool(value)
+
+
+def coerce_pattern(value, flags=0):
+    """
+    Coerce strings to compiled regular expressions.
+
+    :param value: A string containing a regular expression pattern
+                  or a compiled regular expression.
+    :param flags: The flags used to compile the pattern (an integer).
+    :returns: A compiled regular expression.
+    :raises: :exc:`~exceptions.ValueError` when `value` isn't a string
+             and also isn't a compiled regular expression.
+    """
+    if is_string(value):
+        value = re.compile(value, flags)
+    else:
+        empty_pattern = re.compile('')
+        pattern_type = type(empty_pattern)
+        if not isinstance(value, pattern_type):
+            msg = "Failed to coerce value to compiled regular expression! (%r)"
+            raise ValueError(format(msg, value))
+    return value
+
+
+def coerce_seconds(value):
+    """
+    Coerce a value to the number of seconds.
+
+    :param value: An :class:`int`, :class:`float` or
+                  :class:`datetime.timedelta` object.
+    :returns: An :class:`int` or :class:`float` value.
+
+    When `value` is a :class:`datetime.timedelta` object the
+    :meth:`~datetime.timedelta.total_seconds()` method is called.
+    """
+    if isinstance(value, datetime.timedelta):
+        return value.total_seconds()
+    if not isinstance(value, numbers.Number):
+        msg = "Failed to coerce value to number of seconds! (%r)"
+        raise ValueError(format(msg, value))
+    return value
+
+
+def format_size(num_bytes, keep_width=False, binary=False):
+    """
+    Format a byte count as a human readable file size.
+
+    :param num_bytes: The size to format in bytes (an integer).
+    :param keep_width: :data:`True` if trailing zeros should not be stripped,
+                       :data:`False` if they can be stripped.
+    :param binary: :data:`True` to use binary multiples of bytes (base-2),
+                   :data:`False` to use decimal multiples of bytes (base-10).
+    :returns: The corresponding human readable file size (a string).
+
+    This function knows how to format sizes in bytes, kilobytes, megabytes,
+    gigabytes, terabytes and petabytes. Some examples:
+
+    >>> from humanfriendly import format_size
+    >>> format_size(0)
+    '0 bytes'
+    >>> format_size(1)
+    '1 byte'
+    >>> format_size(5)
+    '5 bytes'
+    > format_size(1000)
+    '1 KB'
+    > format_size(1024, binary=True)
+    '1 KiB'
+    >>> format_size(1000 ** 3 * 4)
+    '4 GB'
+    """
+    for unit in reversed(disk_size_units):
+        if num_bytes >= unit.binary.divider and binary:
+            number = round_number(float(num_bytes) / unit.binary.divider, keep_width=keep_width)
+            return pluralize(number, unit.binary.symbol, unit.binary.symbol)
+        elif num_bytes >= unit.decimal.divider and not binary:
+            number = round_number(float(num_bytes) / unit.decimal.divider, keep_width=keep_width)
+            return pluralize(number, unit.decimal.symbol, unit.decimal.symbol)
+    return pluralize(num_bytes, 'byte')
+
+
+def parse_size(size, binary=False):
+    """
+    Parse a human readable data size and return the number of bytes.
+
+    :param size: The human readable file size to parse (a string).
+    :param binary: :data:`True` to use binary multiples of bytes (base-2) for
+                   ambiguous unit symbols and names, :data:`False` to use
+                   decimal multiples of bytes (base-10).
+    :returns: The corresponding size in bytes (an integer).
+    :raises: :exc:`InvalidSize` when the input can't be parsed.
+
+    This function knows how to parse sizes in bytes, kilobytes, megabytes,
+    gigabytes, terabytes and petabytes. Some examples:
+
+    >>> from humanfriendly import parse_size
+    >>> parse_size('42')
+    42
+    >>> parse_size('13b')
+    13
+    >>> parse_size('5 bytes')
+    5
+    >>> parse_size('1 KB')
+    1000
+    >>> parse_size('1 kilobyte')
+    1000
+    >>> parse_size('1 KiB')
+    1024
+    >>> parse_size('1 KB', binary=True)
+    1024
+    >>> parse_size('1.5 GB')
+    1500000000
+    >>> parse_size('1.5 GB', binary=True)
+    1610612736
+    """
+    tokens = tokenize(size)
+    if tokens and isinstance(tokens[0], numbers.Number):
+        # Get the normalized unit (if any) from the tokenized input.
+        normalized_unit = tokens[1].lower() if len(tokens) == 2 and is_string(tokens[1]) else ''
+        # If the input contains only a number, it's assumed to be the number of
+        # bytes. The second token can also explicitly reference the unit bytes.
+        if len(tokens) == 1 or normalized_unit.startswith('b'):
+            return int(tokens[0])
+        # Otherwise we expect two tokens: A number and a unit.
+        if normalized_unit:
+            # Convert plural units to singular units, for details:
+            # https://github.com/xolox/python-humanfriendly/issues/26
+            normalized_unit = normalized_unit.rstrip('s')
+            for unit in disk_size_units:
+                # First we check for unambiguous symbols (KiB, MiB, GiB, etc)
+                # and names (kibibyte, mebibyte, gibibyte, etc) because their
+                # handling is always the same.
+                if normalized_unit in (unit.binary.symbol.lower(), unit.binary.name.lower()):
+                    return int(tokens[0] * unit.binary.divider)
+                # Now we will deal with ambiguous prefixes (K, M, G, etc),
+                # symbols (KB, MB, GB, etc) and names (kilobyte, megabyte,
+                # gigabyte, etc) according to the caller's preference.
+                if (normalized_unit in (unit.decimal.symbol.lower(), unit.decimal.name.lower()) or
+                        normalized_unit.startswith(unit.decimal.symbol[0].lower())):
+                    return int(tokens[0] * (unit.binary.divider if binary else unit.decimal.divider))
+    # We failed to parse the size specification.
+    msg = "Failed to parse size! (input %r was tokenized as %r)"
+    raise InvalidSize(format(msg, size, tokens))
+
+
+def format_length(num_metres, keep_width=False):
+    """
+    Format a metre count as a human readable length.
+
+    :param num_metres: The length to format in metres (float / integer).
+    :param keep_width: :data:`True` if trailing zeros should not be stripped,
+                       :data:`False` if they can be stripped.
+    :returns: The corresponding human readable length (a string).
+
+    This function supports ranges from nanometres to kilometres.
+
+    Some examples:
+
+    >>> from humanfriendly import format_length
+    >>> format_length(0)
+    '0 metres'
+    >>> format_length(1)
+    '1 metre'
+    >>> format_length(5)
+    '5 metres'
+    >>> format_length(1000)
+    '1 km'
+    >>> format_length(0.004)
+    '4 mm'
+    """
+    for unit in reversed(length_size_units):
+        if num_metres >= unit['divider']:
+            number = round_number(float(num_metres) / unit['divider'], keep_width=keep_width)
+            return pluralize(number, unit['singular'], unit['plural'])
+    return pluralize(num_metres, 'metre')
+
+
+def parse_length(length):
+    """
+    Parse a human readable length and return the number of metres.
+
+    :param length: The human readable length to parse (a string).
+    :returns: The corresponding length in metres (a float).
+    :raises: :exc:`InvalidLength` when the input can't be parsed.
+
+    Some examples:
+
+    >>> from humanfriendly import parse_length
+    >>> parse_length('42')
+    42
+    >>> parse_length('1 km')
+    1000
+    >>> parse_length('5mm')
+    0.005
+    >>> parse_length('15.3cm')
+    0.153
+    """
+    tokens = tokenize(length)
+    if tokens and isinstance(tokens[0], numbers.Number):
+        # If the input contains only a number, it's assumed to be the number of metres.
+        if len(tokens) == 1:
+            return tokens[0]
+        # Otherwise we expect to find two tokens: A number and a unit.
+        if len(tokens) == 2 and is_string(tokens[1]):
+            normalized_unit = tokens[1].lower()
+            # Try to match the first letter of the unit.
+            for unit in length_size_units:
+                if normalized_unit.startswith(unit['prefix']):
+                    return tokens[0] * unit['divider']
+    # We failed to parse the length specification.
+    msg = "Failed to parse length! (input %r was tokenized as %r)"
+    raise InvalidLength(format(msg, length, tokens))
+
+
+def format_number(number, num_decimals=2):
+    """
+    Format a number as a string including thousands separators.
+
+    :param number: The number to format (a number like an :class:`int`,
+                   :class:`long` or :class:`float`).
+    :param num_decimals: The number of decimals to render (2 by default). If no
+                         decimal places are required to represent the number
+                         they will be omitted regardless of this argument.
+    :returns: The formatted number (a string).
+
+    This function is intended to make it easier to recognize the order of size
+    of the number being formatted.
+
+    Here's an example:
+
+    >>> from humanfriendly import format_number
+    >>> print(format_number(6000000))
+    6,000,000
+    > print(format_number(6000000000.42))
+    6,000,000,000.42
+    > print(format_number(6000000000.42, num_decimals=0))
+    6,000,000,000
+    """
+    integer_part, _, decimal_part = str(float(number)).partition('.')
+    negative_sign = integer_part.startswith('-')
+    reversed_digits = ''.join(reversed(integer_part.lstrip('-')))
+    parts = []
+    while reversed_digits:
+        parts.append(reversed_digits[:3])
+        reversed_digits = reversed_digits[3:]
+    formatted_number = ''.join(reversed(','.join(parts)))
+    decimals_to_add = decimal_part[:num_decimals].rstrip('0')
+    if decimals_to_add:
+        formatted_number += '.' + decimals_to_add
+    if negative_sign:
+        formatted_number = '-' + formatted_number
+    return formatted_number
+
+
+def round_number(count, keep_width=False):
+    """
+    Round a floating point number to two decimal places in a human friendly format.
+
+    :param count: The number to format.
+    :param keep_width: :data:`True` if trailing zeros should not be stripped,
+                       :data:`False` if they can be stripped.
+    :returns: The formatted number as a string. If no decimal places are
+              required to represent the number, they will be omitted.
+
+    The main purpose of this function is to be used by functions like
+    :func:`format_length()`, :func:`format_size()` and
+    :func:`format_timespan()`.
+
+    Here are some examples:
+
+    >>> from humanfriendly import round_number
+    >>> round_number(1)
+    '1'
+    >>> round_number(math.pi)
+    '3.14'
+    >>> round_number(5.001)
+    '5'
+    """
+    text = '%.2f' % float(count)
+    if not keep_width:
+        text = re.sub('0+$', '', text)
+        text = re.sub(r'\.$', '', text)
+    return text
+
+
+def format_timespan(num_seconds, detailed=False, max_units=3):
+    """
+    Format a timespan in seconds as a human readable string.
+
+    :param num_seconds: Any value accepted by :func:`coerce_seconds()`.
+    :param detailed: If :data:`True` milliseconds are represented separately
+                     instead of being represented as fractional seconds
+                     (defaults to :data:`False`).
+    :param max_units: The maximum number of units to show in the formatted time
+                      span (an integer, defaults to three).
+    :returns: The formatted timespan as a string.
+    :raise: See :func:`coerce_seconds()`.
+
+    Some examples:
+
+    >>> from humanfriendly import format_timespan
+    >>> format_timespan(0)
+    '0 seconds'
+    >>> format_timespan(1)
+    '1 second'
+    >>> import math
+    >>> format_timespan(math.pi)
+    '3.14 seconds'
+    >>> hour = 60 * 60
+    >>> day = hour * 24
+    >>> week = day * 7
+    >>> format_timespan(week * 52 + day * 2 + hour * 3)
+    '1 year, 2 days and 3 hours'
+    """
+    num_seconds = coerce_seconds(num_seconds)
+    if num_seconds < 60 and not detailed:
+        # Fast path.
+        return pluralize(round_number(num_seconds), 'second')
+    else:
+        # Slow path.
+        result = []
+        num_seconds = decimal.Decimal(str(num_seconds))
+        relevant_units = list(reversed(time_units[0 if detailed else 3:]))
+        for unit in relevant_units:
+            # Extract the unit count from the remaining time.
+            divider = decimal.Decimal(str(unit['divider']))
+            count = num_seconds / divider
+            num_seconds %= divider
+            # Round the unit count appropriately.
+            if unit != relevant_units[-1]:
+                # Integer rounding for all but the smallest unit.
+                count = int(count)
+            else:
+                # Floating point rounding for the smallest unit.
+                count = round_number(count)
+            # Only include relevant units in the result.
+            if count not in (0, '0'):
+                result.append(pluralize(count, unit['singular'], unit['plural']))
+        if len(result) == 1:
+            # A single count/unit combination.
+            return result[0]
+        else:
+            if not detailed:
+                # Remove `insignificant' data from the formatted timespan.
+                result = result[:max_units]
+            # Format the timespan in a readable way.
+            return concatenate(result)
+
+
+def parse_timespan(timespan):
+    """
+    Parse a "human friendly" timespan into the number of seconds.
+
+    :param value: A string like ``5h`` (5 hours), ``10m`` (10 minutes) or
+                  ``42s`` (42 seconds).
+    :returns: The number of seconds as a floating point number.
+    :raises: :exc:`InvalidTimespan` when the input can't be parsed.
+
+    Note that the :func:`parse_timespan()` function is not meant to be the
+    "mirror image" of the :func:`format_timespan()` function. Instead it's
+    meant to allow humans to easily and succinctly specify a timespan with a
+    minimal amount of typing. It's very useful to accept easy to write time
+    spans as e.g. command line arguments to programs.
+
+    The time units (and abbreviations) supported by this function are:
+
+    - ms, millisecond, milliseconds
+    - s, sec, secs, second, seconds
+    - m, min, mins, minute, minutes
+    - h, hour, hours
+    - d, day, days
+    - w, week, weeks
+    - y, year, years
+
+    Some examples:
+
+    >>> from humanfriendly import parse_timespan
+    >>> parse_timespan('42')
+    42.0
+    >>> parse_timespan('42s')
+    42.0
+    >>> parse_timespan('1m')
+    60.0
+    >>> parse_timespan('1h')
+    3600.0
+    >>> parse_timespan('1d')
+    86400.0
+    """
+    tokens = tokenize(timespan)
+    if tokens and isinstance(tokens[0], numbers.Number):
+        # If the input contains only a number, it's assumed to be the number of seconds.
+        if len(tokens) == 1:
+            return float(tokens[0])
+        # Otherwise we expect to find two tokens: A number and a unit.
+        if len(tokens) == 2 and is_string(tokens[1]):
+            normalized_unit = tokens[1].lower()
+            for unit in time_units:
+                if (normalized_unit == unit['singular'] or
+                        normalized_unit == unit['plural'] or
+                        normalized_unit in unit['abbreviations']):
+                    return float(tokens[0]) * unit['divider']
+    # We failed to parse the timespan specification.
+    msg = "Failed to parse timespan! (input %r was tokenized as %r)"
+    raise InvalidTimespan(format(msg, timespan, tokens))
+
+
+def parse_date(datestring):
+    """
+    Parse a date/time string into a tuple of integers.
+
+    :param datestring: The date/time string to parse.
+    :returns: A tuple with the numbers ``(year, month, day, hour, minute,
+              second)`` (all numbers are integers).
+    :raises: :exc:`InvalidDate` when the date cannot be parsed.
+
+    Supported date/time formats:
+
+    - ``YYYY-MM-DD``
+    - ``YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS``
+
+    .. note:: If you want to parse date/time strings with a fixed, known
+              format and :func:`parse_date()` isn't useful to you, consider
+              :func:`time.strptime()` or :meth:`datetime.datetime.strptime()`,
+              both of which are included in the Python standard library.
+              Alternatively for more complex tasks consider using the date/time
+              parsing module in the dateutil_ package.
+
+    Examples:
+
+    >>> from humanfriendly import parse_date
+    >>> parse_date('2013-06-17')
+    (2013, 6, 17, 0, 0, 0)
+    >>> parse_date('2013-06-17 02:47:42')
+    (2013, 6, 17, 2, 47, 42)
+
+    Here's how you convert the result to a number (`Unix time`_):
+
+    >>> from humanfriendly import parse_date
+    >>> from time import mktime
+    >>> mktime(parse_date('2013-06-17 02:47:42') + (-1, -1, -1))
+    1371430062.0
+
+    And here's how you convert it to a :class:`datetime.datetime` object:
+
+    >>> from humanfriendly import parse_date
+    >>> from datetime import datetime
+    >>> datetime(*parse_date('2013-06-17 02:47:42'))
+    datetime.datetime(2013, 6, 17, 2, 47, 42)
+
+    Here's an example that combines :func:`format_timespan()` and
+    :func:`parse_date()` to calculate a human friendly timespan since a
+    given date:
+
+    >>> from humanfriendly import format_timespan, parse_date
+    >>> from time import mktime, time
+    >>> unix_time = mktime(parse_date('2013-06-17 02:47:42') + (-1, -1, -1))
+    >>> seconds_since_then = time() - unix_time
+    >>> print(format_timespan(seconds_since_then))
+    1 year, 43 weeks and 1 day
+
+    .. _dateutil: https://dateutil.readthedocs.io/en/latest/parser.html
+    .. _Unix time: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time
+    """
+    try:
+        tokens = [t.strip() for t in datestring.split()]
+        if len(tokens) >= 2:
+            date_parts = list(map(int, tokens[0].split('-'))) + [1, 1]
+            time_parts = list(map(int, tokens[1].split(':'))) + [0, 0, 0]
+            return tuple(date_parts[0:3] + time_parts[0:3])
+        else:
+            year, month, day = (list(map(int, datestring.split('-'))) + [1, 1])[0:3]
+            return (year, month, day, 0, 0, 0)
+    except Exception:
+        msg = "Invalid date! (expected 'YYYY-MM-DD' or 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS' but got: %r)"
+        raise InvalidDate(format(msg, datestring))
+
+
+def format_path(pathname):
+    """
+    Shorten a pathname to make it more human friendly.
+
+    :param pathname: An absolute pathname (a string).
+    :returns: The pathname with the user's home directory abbreviated.
+
+    Given an absolute pathname, this function abbreviates the user's home
+    directory to ``~/`` in order to shorten the pathname without losing
+    information. It is not an error if the pathname is not relative to the
+    current user's home directory.
+
+    Here's an example of its usage:
+
+    >>> from os import environ
+    >>> from os.path import join
+    >>> vimrc = join(environ['HOME'], '.vimrc')
+    >>> vimrc
+    '/home/peter/.vimrc'
+    >>> from humanfriendly import format_path
+    >>> format_path(vimrc)
+    '~/.vimrc'
+    """
+    pathname = os.path.abspath(pathname)
+    home = os.environ.get('HOME')
+    if home:
+        home = os.path.abspath(home)
+        if pathname.startswith(home):
+            pathname = os.path.join('~', os.path.relpath(pathname, home))
+    return pathname
+
+
+def parse_path(pathname):
+    """
+    Convert a human friendly pathname to an absolute pathname.
+
+    Expands leading tildes using :func:`os.path.expanduser()` and
+    environment variables using :func:`os.path.expandvars()` and makes the
+    resulting pathname absolute using :func:`os.path.abspath()`.
+
+    :param pathname: A human friendly pathname (a string).
+    :returns: An absolute pathname (a string).
+    """
+    return os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(os.path.expandvars(pathname)))
+
+
+class Timer(object):
+
+    """
+    Easy to use timer to keep track of long during operations.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, start_time=None, resumable=False):
+        """
+        Remember the time when the :class:`Timer` was created.
+
+        :param start_time: The start time (a float, defaults to the current time).
+        :param resumable: Create a resumable timer (defaults to :data:`False`).
+
+        When `start_time` is given :class:`Timer` uses :func:`time.time()` as a
+        clock source, otherwise it uses :func:`humanfriendly.compat.monotonic()`.
+        """
+        if resumable:
+            self.monotonic = True
+            self.resumable = True
+            self.start_time = 0.0
+            self.total_time = 0.0
+        elif start_time:
+            self.monotonic = False
+            self.resumable = False
+            self.start_time = start_time
+        else:
+            self.monotonic = True
+            self.resumable = False
+            self.start_time = monotonic()
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        """
+        Start or resume counting elapsed time.
+
+        :returns: The :class:`Timer` object.
+        :raises: :exc:`~exceptions.ValueError` when the timer isn't resumable.
+        """
+        if not self.resumable:
+            raise ValueError("Timer is not resumable!")
+        self.start_time = monotonic()
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, exc_type=None, exc_value=None, traceback=None):
+        """
+        Stop counting elapsed time.
+
+        :raises: :exc:`~exceptions.ValueError` when the timer isn't resumable.
+        """
+        if not self.resumable:
+            raise ValueError("Timer is not resumable!")
+        if self.start_time:
+            self.total_time += monotonic() - self.start_time
+            self.start_time = 0.0
+
+    def sleep(self, seconds):
+        """
+        Easy to use rate limiting of repeating actions.
+
+        :param seconds: The number of seconds to sleep (an
+                        integer or floating point number).
+
+        This method sleeps for the given number of seconds minus the
+        :attr:`elapsed_time`. If the resulting duration is negative
+        :func:`time.sleep()` will still be called, but the argument
+        given to it will be the number 0 (negative numbers cause
+        :func:`time.sleep()` to raise an exception).
+
+        The use case for this is to initialize a :class:`Timer` inside
+        the body of a :keyword:`for` or :keyword:`while` loop and call
+        :func:`Timer.sleep()` at the end of the loop body to rate limit
+        whatever it is that is being done inside the loop body.
+
+        For posterity: Although the implementation of :func:`sleep()` only
+        requires a single line of code I've added it to :mod:`humanfriendly`
+        anyway because now that I've thought about how to tackle this once I
+        never want to have to think about it again :-P (unless I find ways to
+        improve this).
+        """
+        time.sleep(max(0, seconds - self.elapsed_time))
+
+    @property
+    def elapsed_time(self):
+        """
+        Get the number of seconds counted so far.
+        """
+        elapsed_time = 0
+        if self.resumable:
+            elapsed_time += self.total_time
+        if self.start_time:
+            current_time = monotonic() if self.monotonic else time.time()
+            elapsed_time += current_time - self.start_time
+        return elapsed_time
+
+    @property
+    def rounded(self):
+        """Human readable timespan rounded to seconds (a string)."""
+        return format_timespan(round(self.elapsed_time))
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        """Show the elapsed time since the :class:`Timer` was created."""
+        return format_timespan(self.elapsed_time)
+
+
+class InvalidDate(Exception):
+
+    """
+    Raised when a string cannot be parsed into a date.
+
+    For example:
+
+    >>> from humanfriendly import parse_date
+    >>> parse_date('2013-06-XY')
+    Traceback (most recent call last):
+      File "humanfriendly.py", line 206, in parse_date
+        raise InvalidDate(format(msg, datestring))
+    humanfriendly.InvalidDate: Invalid date! (expected 'YYYY-MM-DD' or 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS' but got: '2013-06-XY')
+    """
+
+
+class InvalidSize(Exception):
+
+    """
+    Raised when a string cannot be parsed into a file size.
+
+    For example:
+
+    >>> from humanfriendly import parse_size
+    >>> parse_size('5 Z')
+    Traceback (most recent call last):
+      File "humanfriendly/__init__.py", line 267, in parse_size
+        raise InvalidSize(format(msg, size, tokens))
+    humanfriendly.InvalidSize: Failed to parse size! (input '5 Z' was tokenized as [5, 'Z'])
+    """
+
+
+class InvalidLength(Exception):
+
+    """
+    Raised when a string cannot be parsed into a length.
+
+    For example:
+
+    >>> from humanfriendly import parse_length
+    >>> parse_length('5 Z')
+    Traceback (most recent call last):
+      File "humanfriendly/__init__.py", line 267, in parse_length
+        raise InvalidLength(format(msg, length, tokens))
+    humanfriendly.InvalidLength: Failed to parse length! (input '5 Z' was tokenized as [5, 'Z'])
+    """
+
+
+class InvalidTimespan(Exception):
+
+    """
+    Raised when a string cannot be parsed into a timespan.
+
+    For example:
+
+    >>> from humanfriendly import parse_timespan
+    >>> parse_timespan('1 age')
+    Traceback (most recent call last):
+      File "humanfriendly/__init__.py", line 419, in parse_timespan
+        raise InvalidTimespan(format(msg, timespan, tokens))
+    humanfriendly.InvalidTimespan: Failed to parse timespan! (input '1 age' was tokenized as [1, 'age'])
+    """
+
+
+# Define aliases for backwards compatibility.
+define_aliases(
+    module_name=__name__,
+    # In humanfriendly 1.23 the format_table() function was added to render a
+    # table using characters like dashes and vertical bars to emulate borders.
+    # Since then support for other tables has been added and the name of
+    # format_table() has changed.
+    format_table='humanfriendly.tables.format_pretty_table',
+    # In humanfriendly 1.30 the following text manipulation functions were
+    # moved out into a separate module to enable their usage in other modules
+    # of the humanfriendly package (without causing circular imports).
+    compact='humanfriendly.text.compact',
+    concatenate='humanfriendly.text.concatenate',
+    dedent='humanfriendly.text.dedent',
+    format='humanfriendly.text.format',
+    is_empty_line='humanfriendly.text.is_empty_line',
+    pluralize='humanfriendly.text.pluralize',
+    tokenize='humanfriendly.text.tokenize',
+    trim_empty_lines='humanfriendly.text.trim_empty_lines',
+    # In humanfriendly 1.38 the prompt_for_choice() function was moved out into a
+    # separate module because several variants of interactive prompts were added.
+    prompt_for_choice='humanfriendly.prompts.prompt_for_choice',
+    # In humanfriendly 8.0 the Spinner class and minimum_spinner_interval
+    # variable were extracted to a new module and the erase_line_code,
+    # hide_cursor_code and show_cursor_code variables were moved.
+    AutomaticSpinner='humanfriendly.terminal.spinners.AutomaticSpinner',
+    Spinner='humanfriendly.terminal.spinners.Spinner',
+    erase_line_code='humanfriendly.terminal.ANSI_ERASE_LINE',
+    hide_cursor_code='humanfriendly.terminal.ANSI_SHOW_CURSOR',
+    minimum_spinner_interval='humanfriendly.terminal.spinners.MINIMUM_INTERVAL',
+    show_cursor_code='humanfriendly.terminal.ANSI_HIDE_CURSOR',
+)