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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?

bookThe Variery of Timezones

In two previous sections, we worked with dates and times, without taking into account the timezone. While planning the meeting with foreigners, planning to fly to another country, or planning to watch some sporting event, you have to take this into account.

We might mention about tzinfo argument of the datetime object. But to handle timezones, we will use pytz library, which brings the tz database (also known as Olson database) in Python. At this time we will not use from library import something since there is no need in loading specific methods for pytz.

Let's start with the exploration of available timezones. There are two methods available in pytz: .all_timezones will return a list with all the available timezones in pytz, and .common_timezones will return only the common ones.

Task

Find the number of available (all) and common timezones in the pytz library. Print the name of the 100-th common timezone.

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bookThe Variery of Timezones

In two previous sections, we worked with dates and times, without taking into account the timezone. While planning the meeting with foreigners, planning to fly to another country, or planning to watch some sporting event, you have to take this into account.

We might mention about tzinfo argument of the datetime object. But to handle timezones, we will use pytz library, which brings the tz database (also known as Olson database) in Python. At this time we will not use from library import something since there is no need in loading specific methods for pytz.

Let's start with the exploration of available timezones. There are two methods available in pytz: .all_timezones will return a list with all the available timezones in pytz, and .common_timezones will return only the common ones.

Task

Find the number of available (all) and common timezones in the pytz library. Print the name of the 100-th common timezone.

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Section 3. Chapter 1
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bookThe Variery of Timezones

In two previous sections, we worked with dates and times, without taking into account the timezone. While planning the meeting with foreigners, planning to fly to another country, or planning to watch some sporting event, you have to take this into account.

We might mention about tzinfo argument of the datetime object. But to handle timezones, we will use pytz library, which brings the tz database (also known as Olson database) in Python. At this time we will not use from library import something since there is no need in loading specific methods for pytz.

Let's start with the exploration of available timezones. There are two methods available in pytz: .all_timezones will return a list with all the available timezones in pytz, and .common_timezones will return only the common ones.

Task

Find the number of available (all) and common timezones in the pytz library. Print the name of the 100-th common timezone.

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In two previous sections, we worked with dates and times, without taking into account the timezone. While planning the meeting with foreigners, planning to fly to another country, or planning to watch some sporting event, you have to take this into account.

We might mention about tzinfo argument of the datetime object. But to handle timezones, we will use pytz library, which brings the tz database (also known as Olson database) in Python. At this time we will not use from library import something since there is no need in loading specific methods for pytz.

Let's start with the exploration of available timezones. There are two methods available in pytz: .all_timezones will return a list with all the available timezones in pytz, and .common_timezones will return only the common ones.

Task

Find the number of available (all) and common timezones in the pytz library. Print the name of the 100-th common timezone.

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Section 3. Chapter 1
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