Dates and Times¶

Basics
strftime
strptime
timedelta

Basics¶

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fromdatetimeimport datetime, date, time

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year = 2017
month = 8
day = 29
hour =18
minute = 4
second = 15

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dt = datetime(year, month, day, hour, minute, second)

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dt.hour, dt.minute, dt.second

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(18, 4, 15)

Extract the equivalent date object:

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dt.date()

Out[8]:

datetime.date(2017, 8, 29)

Extract the equivalent time object:

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dt.time()

Out[9]:

datetime.time(18, 4, 15)

When aggregating or grouping time series data, it is sometimes useful to replace fields of a series of datetimes such as zeroing out the minute and second fields:

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dt.replace(minute=0, second=0)

Out[10]:

datetime.datetime(2017, 8, 29, 18, 0)

strftime¶

Format a datetime string:

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dt.strftime('%m/%d/%Y %H:%M')

Out[11]:

'08/29/2017 18:04'

strptime¶

Convert a string into a datetime object:

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datetime.strptime('20170829', '%Y%m%d')

Out[13]:

datetime.datetime(2017, 8, 29, 0, 0)

timedelta¶

Get the current datetime:

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dt_now = datetime.now()

Subtract two datetime fields to create a timedelta:

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delta = dt_now - dt
delta

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datetime.timedelta(0, 8, 836993)

Add a datetime and a timedelta to get a new datetime:

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dt + delta

Out[16]:

datetime.datetime(2017, 8, 29, 18, 4, 23, 836993)

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