I have a time-range and an interval, I need to split the time range into multiple time periods based on interval value. For example, time range is 9:30 to 11:30 and the interval is 30, the output time periods should be in a list as datetime objects Output: Answer You can do arithmetic on datetime objects by a…
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How do I convert an array of seconds to time series array in Python?
I have an array like this (in seconds) timebin= [79203 79213 79223 79233 79243 79253 79263………………82783] and I wish to convert these values to actual time of the day like [22:00:03, 22:00:13,………22:59:43] I have the following code but it doesn’t convert…
Converting to unix timestamp Python
I am trying to convert a datestamp of now into Unix TimeStamp, however the code below seems to be hit but then just jumps to the end of my app, as in seems to not like the time.mktime part. Answer Change newDate = time.mktime(datetime.strptime(toDayDate, “%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S”).timetuple()) to newDat…
Measure execution time in CPU cycles?
My laptop spent 1.3 seconds to complete the process posted below. The same code ran on another machine and the timing was different: 2.1 seconds. This is because another machine runs on different Operation System, it has different CPU, memory and etc. I wonder if instead of timing the process in seconds there…
Python converting sec to min with while and if
When I input 60 or more, it will print just “1”, nothing more. My if is not working. I tried to move “seconds” in front of function but it gave me an error, something like “local variable ‘seconds’ referenced before assignment” Answer I’ll summarize: We th…
how to sort pandas dataframe from one column
I have a data frame like this: As you can see, months are not in calendar order. So I created a second column to get the month number corresponding to each month (1-12). From there, how can I sort this data frame according to calendar months’ order? Answer Use sort_values to sort the df by a specific co…
Python: Random System time seed
In python, and assuming I’m on a system which has a random seed generator, how do I get random.seed() to use system time instead? (As if /dev/urandom did not exist) Answer
Subtracting Dates With Python
I’m working on a simple program to tell an individual how long they have been alive. I know how to get the current date, and get their birthday. The only problem is I have no way of subtracting the two, I know a way of subtracting two dates, but unfortunately it does not include hours, minutes, or secon…
Python module to change system date and time
How can I change System Date, Time, Timezone in Python? Is there any module available for this? I don’t want to execute any system commands I want one common solution, which should work on both Unix and Windows. Answer I don’t have a windows machine so I didn’t test it on windows… But …
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 week…