Python dateutils print recurrence rule according to iCalendar format (see RFC 5545)

Question

I am trying to print a recurrence rule as a string specified by iCalendar format (see RFC 5545). Im using python dateutils, in particular dateutil.rrule to create the recurrence rule and I want to print this as a string like:

    "RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;COUNT=5"

Can anyone tell me if there is a method to achieve this?

I think I'm using the labix dateutils btw.

Many thanks!

Answer 1

Although this is written four years after the question was asked, dateutil by now has a __str__ method (see source code) which allows one to print its objects in such a form:

In [1]: from dateutil.rrule import *

In [2]: my_rrule = rrule(DAILY, count=5)

In [3]: print(my_rrule)
DTSTART:20161202T184513
FREQ=DAILY;COUNT=5

Answer 2

There is no method or function in the python-dateutil package to do this. See this bug for a patch that may help: https://bugs.launchpad.net/dateutil/+bug/943512.