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Adding time to the

mix
W O R K I N G W I T H D AT E S A N D T I M E S I N P Y T H O N

Max Shron
Data Scientist and Author
Dates and Times

WORKING WITH DATES AND TIMES IN PYTHON


Dates and Times

# Import datetime
from datetime import datetime

WORKING WITH DATES AND TIMES IN PYTHON


Dates and Times

# Import datetime
from datetime import datetime

dt = datetime(

WORKING WITH DATES AND TIMES IN PYTHON


Dates and Times

# Import datetime
from datetime import datetime

dt = datetime(2017, 10, 1

WORKING WITH DATES AND TIMES IN PYTHON


Dates and Times

# Import datetime
from datetime import datetime

dt = datetime(2017, 10, 1, 15

WORKING WITH DATES AND TIMES IN PYTHON


Dates and Times

# Import datetime
from datetime import datetime

dt = datetime(2017, 10, 1, 15, 23,

WORKING WITH DATES AND TIMES IN PYTHON


Dates and Times

# Import datetime
from datetime import datetime

dt = datetime(2017, 10, 1, 15, 23, 25)

WORKING WITH DATES AND TIMES IN PYTHON


Dates and Times

# Import datetime
from datetime import datetime

dt = datetime(2017, 10, 1, 15, 23, 25, 500000)

WORKING WITH DATES AND TIMES IN PYTHON


Dates and Times

# Import datetime
from datetime import datetime

dt = datetime(year=2017, month=10, day=1,


hour=15, minute=23, second=25,
microsecond=500000)

WORKING WITH DATES AND TIMES IN PYTHON


Replacing parts of a datetime
print(dt)

2017-10-01 15:23:25.500000

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


print(dt_hr)

2017-10-01 15:00:00

WORKING WITH DATES AND TIMES IN PYTHON


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WORKING WITH DATES AND TIMES IN PYTHON


Adding time to the
mix
W O R K I N G W I T H D AT E S A N D T I M E S I N P Y T H O N
Printing and parsing
datetimes
W O R K I N G W I T H D AT E S A N D T I M E S I N P Y T H O N

Max Shron
Data Scientist and Author
Printing datetimes
# Create datetime
dt = datetime(2017, 12, 30, 15, 19, 13)
print(dt.strftime("%Y-%m-%d"))

2017-12-30

print(dt.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"))

2017-12-30 15:19:13

WORKING WITH DATES AND TIMES IN PYTHON


Printing datetimes
print(dt.strftime("%H:%M:%S on %Y/%m/%d/"))

15:19:13 on 2017/12/30

WORKING WITH DATES AND TIMES IN PYTHON


ISO 8601 Format
# ISO 8601 format
print(dt.isoformat())

2017-12-30T15:19:13

WORKING WITH DATES AND TIMES IN PYTHON


Parsing datetimes with strptime
# Import datetime
from datetime import datetime

WORKING WITH DATES AND TIMES IN PYTHON


Parsing datetimes with strptime
# Import datetime
from datetime import datetime

dt = datetime.strptime(

WORKING WITH DATES AND TIMES IN PYTHON


Parsing datetimes with strptime
# Import datetime
from datetime import datetime

dt = datetime.strptime("12/30/2017 15:19:13"

WORKING WITH DATES AND TIMES IN PYTHON


Parsing datetimes with strptime
# Import datetime
from datetime import datetime

dt = datetime.strptime("12/30/2017 15:19:13",
"%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S")

WORKING WITH DATES AND TIMES IN PYTHON


Parsing datetimes with strptime
# What did we make?
print(type(dt))

<class 'datetime.datetime'>

# Print out datetime object


print(dt)

2017-12-30 15:19:13

WORKING WITH DATES AND TIMES IN PYTHON


Parsing datetimes with strptime
# Import datetime
from datetime import datetime

# Incorrect format string


dt = datetime.strptime("2017-12-30 15:19:13", "%Y-%m-%d")

ValueError: unconverted data remains: 15:19:13

WORKING WITH DATES AND TIMES IN PYTHON


Parsing datetimes with Python
# A timestamp
ts = 1514665153.0
# Convert to datetime and print
print(datetime.fromtimestamp(ts))

2017-12-30 15:19:13

WORKING WITH DATES AND TIMES IN PYTHON


Printing and parsing
datetimes
W O R K I N G W I T H D AT E S A N D T I M E S I N P Y T H O N
Working with
durations
W O R K I N G W I T H D AT E S A N D T I M E S I N P Y T H O N

Max Shron
Data Scientist and Author
Working with durations

WORKING WITH DATES AND TIMES IN PYTHON


Working with durations

# Create example datetimes


start = datetime(2017, 10, 8, 23, 46, 47)
end = datetime(2017, 10, 9, 0, 10, 57)

# Subtract datetimes to create a timedelta


duration = end - start

WORKING WITH DATES AND TIMES IN PYTHON


Working with durations

# Subtract datetimes to create a timedelta


print(duration.total_seconds())

1450.0

WORKING WITH DATES AND TIMES IN PYTHON


Creating timedeltas
# Import timedelta
from datetime import timedelta

# Create a timedelta
delta1 = timedelta(seconds=1)

WORKING WITH DATES AND TIMES IN PYTHON


Creating timedeltas
print(start)

2017-10-08 23:46:47

# One second later


print(start + delta1)

2017-10-08 23:46:48

WORKING WITH DATES AND TIMES IN PYTHON


Creating timedeltas
# Create a one day and one second timedelta
delta2 = timedelta(days=1, seconds=1)

print(start)

2017-10-08 23:46:47

# One day and one second later


print(start + delta2)

2017-10-09 23:46:48

WORKING WITH DATES AND TIMES IN PYTHON


Negative timedeltas
# Create a negative timedelta of one week
delta3 = timedelta(weeks=-1)

print(start)

2017-10-08 23:46:47

# One week earlier


print(start + delta3)

2017-10-01 23:46:47

WORKING WITH DATES AND TIMES IN PYTHON


Negative timedeltas
# Same, but we'll subtract this time
delta4 = timedelta(weeks=1)

print(start)

2017-10-08 23:46:47

# One week earlier


print(start - delta4)

2017-10-01 23:46:47

WORKING WITH DATES AND TIMES IN PYTHON


Working with
durations
W O R K I N G W I T H D AT E S A N D T I M E S I N P Y T H O N

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