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Dealing with Dates and Times in Python
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Dealing with Dates and Times in Python

Dealing with Dates and Times in Python

1. Working with Dates
What Day is it Today?Creating a Date ObjectDate AttributesDate MethodsDate FormatsOne More FormattingDate DifferenceArithmetic Operations with timedelta Objects
2. Working with Times
What Time is it Now?Creating a datetime ObjectDatetime AttributesDatetime MethodsDatetime Formats12-Hour and 24-Hour FormatsDate and Time DifferenceReading Date and Time from String
3. Timezones and Daylight Savings Time (DST)
The Variery of TimezonesTimezone ExamplesApplying Timezone to Datetime ObjectWhat Time is it in ... ?Daylight Savings Time
4. Working with Dates and Times in pandas
Challenge: What Will We Work With?Challenge: Converting Columns into datetime TypeChallenge: Extreme Trips DurationsChallenge: InvestigationChallenge: Negative Trip DurationChallenge: Is this Common Issue?Challenge: Fixing the IssuesChallenge: Average Metrics Across Taxi TypesChallenge: Corrected Metrics Across Taxi TypesChallenge: Group by Period?

bookDatetime Methods

datetime objects as it follows from the name contain both date and time. So, the methods we learned for date objects are also appliable to datetime objects. These methods are: .weekday(), .isoweekday() and .replace().

But since we expand date with time there have to be some new methods. For example, we can split datetime objects into date and time objects. In the previous chapter, we used .day, .minute and other methods to extract specific dimensions of a datetime object. These methods are:

  • datetime.date() - returns date of datetime object;
  • datetime.time() - returns time of datetime object;

              
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# Load class from library
from datetime import datetime

# Create datetime object
dt = datetime(2010, 7, 5, 18, 30, 25)

# Extract month and day
print(f"date object extracted from dt: {dt.date()}")

# Extract hour and minute
print(f"time object extracted from dt: {dt.time()}")
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Task

Create datetime object dt with value "December 30, 1995, 23:45:37". Return the day of the week of this date using .isoweekday() method. Then, extract the date and time objects from dt.

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bookDatetime Methods

datetime objects as it follows from the name contain both date and time. So, the methods we learned for date objects are also appliable to datetime objects. These methods are: .weekday(), .isoweekday() and .replace().

But since we expand date with time there have to be some new methods. For example, we can split datetime objects into date and time objects. In the previous chapter, we used .day, .minute and other methods to extract specific dimensions of a datetime object. These methods are:

  • datetime.date() - returns date of datetime object;
  • datetime.time() - returns time of datetime object;

              
1234567891011

            
# Load class from library
from datetime import datetime

# Create datetime object
dt = datetime(2010, 7, 5, 18, 30, 25)

# Extract month and day
print(f"date object extracted from dt: {dt.date()}")

# Extract hour and minute
print(f"time object extracted from dt: {dt.time()}")
copy

Task

Create datetime object dt with value "December 30, 1995, 23:45:37". Return the day of the week of this date using .isoweekday() method. Then, extract the date and time objects from dt.

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Section 2. Chapter 4
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bookDatetime Methods

datetime objects as it follows from the name contain both date and time. So, the methods we learned for date objects are also appliable to datetime objects. These methods are: .weekday(), .isoweekday() and .replace().

But since we expand date with time there have to be some new methods. For example, we can split datetime objects into date and time objects. In the previous chapter, we used .day, .minute and other methods to extract specific dimensions of a datetime object. These methods are:

  • datetime.date() - returns date of datetime object;
  • datetime.time() - returns time of datetime object;

              
1234567891011

            
# Load class from library
from datetime import datetime

# Create datetime object
dt = datetime(2010, 7, 5, 18, 30, 25)

# Extract month and day
print(f"date object extracted from dt: {dt.date()}")

# Extract hour and minute
print(f"time object extracted from dt: {dt.time()}")
copy

Task

Create datetime object dt with value "December 30, 1995, 23:45:37". Return the day of the week of this date using .isoweekday() method. Then, extract the date and time objects from dt.

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Everything was clear?

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datetime objects as it follows from the name contain both date and time. So, the methods we learned for date objects are also appliable to datetime objects. These methods are: .weekday(), .isoweekday() and .replace().

But since we expand date with time there have to be some new methods. For example, we can split datetime objects into date and time objects. In the previous chapter, we used .day, .minute and other methods to extract specific dimensions of a datetime object. These methods are:

  • datetime.date() - returns date of datetime object;
  • datetime.time() - returns time of datetime object;

              
1234567891011

            
# Load class from library
from datetime import datetime

# Create datetime object
dt = datetime(2010, 7, 5, 18, 30, 25)

# Extract month and day
print(f"date object extracted from dt: {dt.date()}")

# Extract hour and minute
print(f"time object extracted from dt: {dt.time()}")
copy

Task

Create datetime object dt with value "December 30, 1995, 23:45:37". Return the day of the week of this date using .isoweekday() method. Then, extract the date and time objects from dt.

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