For me at the moment, t is ‘Sat Apr 21 11:58:02 2012’. I have more data like this. My question is: How to convert t to datetime in Python? Are there any modules to to it? I tried to make a time dict and then convert t, but feel like that’s not the best way to do it in Python.
Tag: datetime
How do I get the day of week given a date?
I want to find out the following: given a date (datetime object), what is the corresponding day of the week? For instance, Sunday is the first day, Monday: second day.. and so on And then if the input is something like today’s date. Example The output is maybe 6 (since it’s Friday) Answer Use weekday(): From the documentation: Return the
Format a datetime into a string with milliseconds
How can I format a datetime object as a string with milliseconds? Answer To get a date string with milliseconds, use [:-3] to trim the last three digits of %f (microseconds): Or slightly shorter:
Difference between Python datetime vs time modules
I am trying to figure out the differences between the datetime and time modules, and what each should be used for. I know that datetime provides both dates and time. What is the use of the time module? Examples would be appreciated and differences concerning timezones would especially be of interest. Answer The time module is principally for working with
Make Sqlalchemy Use Date In Filter Using Postgresql
I’m trying to perform the following query in Sqlalchemy. I have tried several methods. Some here on SO. But none seems “realistic” since some do Casts Other String Formating ?!?! and not a plain simple Date() ( By Date i Mean the Postgresql Date not the Python One) at the ORM Field. Is it possible at the ORM level to
Python: how to compute date ranges from a list of dates?
I have a list of dates, for example: How do I find the contiguous date ranges contained within those dates? In the above example, the ranges should be: Thanks. Answer This works, but I’m not happy with it, will work on a cleaner solution an edit the answer. Done, here is a clean, working solution: And the relative output:
How do I get the current time in milliseconds in Python?
How do I get the current time in milliseconds in Python? Answer Using time.time(): Then:
Django DateTimeField auto_now_add not working
In one of the model i have set one timestamp field as follows: While in shell i am able to create a obj and save it, however in my application it is raising a exception that created_datetime field cannot be null. Confused where things went wrong!! How to reslove it. Answer You can do something like this
Get UTC offset from time zone name in python
How can I get UTC offset from time zone name in python? For example: I have Asia/Jerusalem and I want to get +0200 Answer Because of DST (Daylight Saving Time), the result depends on the time of the year:
Convert UTC datetime string to local datetime
I’ve never had to convert time to and from UTC. Recently had a request to have my app be timezone aware, and I’ve been running myself in circles. Lots of information on converting local time to UTC, which I found fairly elementary (maybe I’m doing that wrong as well), but I can not find any information on easily converting the