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+# Contributions to wroberts/pytimeparse
+
+A small Python module to parse various kinds of time expressions.
+
+This repository holds only my commits to the upstream project, with their original author, date and diff.
+Each of my commits is preceded by a snapshot of the upstream files it touched, so every diff shows exactly what I changed.
+
+## Merged pull requests
+
+- [Fix sign character class accidentally matching a pipe `|`](https://github.com/wroberts/pytimeparse/pull/33) (2026-10-03)