wip: first version of documentation
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+.. dateutil documentation master file, created by
+ sphinx-quickstart on Thu Nov 20 23:18:41 2014.
+ You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least
+ contain the root `toctree` directive.
+
+Welcome to dateutil's documentation!
+====================================
+
+Contents:
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 2
+
+ self
+ easter
+ parser
+ relativedelta
+ rrule
+ tz
+ zoneinfo
+
+Indices and tables
+==================
+
+* :ref:`genindex`
+* :ref:`modindex`
+* :ref:`search`
+