date from-human: Convert Human-Readable Datetime Strings

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title: date from-human
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  Convert a human readable datetime string to a datetime.
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  Convert a human readable datetime string to a datetime.
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# `date from-human` for [date](/commands/categories/date.md)

<div class='command-title'>Convert a human readable datetime string to a datetime.</div>

## Signature

```> date from-human {flags} ```

## Flags

 -  `--list, -l`: Show human-readable datetime parsing examples


## Input/output types:

| input   | output   |
| ------- | -------- |
| nothing | table    |
| string  | datetime |
## Examples

Parsing human readable datetime
```nu
> 'Today at 18:30' | date from-human

```

Parsing human readable datetime
```nu
> 'Last Friday at 19:45' | date from-human

```

Parsing human readable datetime
```nu
> 'In 5 minutes and 30 seconds' | date from-human

```

PShow human-readable datetime parsing examples
```nu
> date from-human --list

```

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Title: date from-human: Convert Human-Readable Datetime Strings

Summary

The `date from-human` command converts a human-readable datetime string (e.g., 'Today at 18:30', 'Last Friday at 19:45') into a datetime object. It also provides an option to display examples of human-readable datetime parsing using the `--list` or `-l` flag.