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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?

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Let's practice more with date formats! The table with the most common codes is below.

Format codeMeaningExample
%dDay of the month as a zero-padded decimal number01, 02, ..., 30, 31
%mMonth as a zero-padded decimal number01, 02, ..., 11, 12
%yYear without century as a zero-padded decimal number00, 01, 02, ..., 98, 99
%YYear with century as a decimal number0001, 0002, 1999, 2000, 2001, ...
%bMonth as locale’s abbreviated nameJan, Feb, ..., Nov, Dec
%BMonth as locale’s full nameJanuary, February, ..., November, December
%aWeekday as locale’s abbreviated nameSun, Mon, ..., Fri, Sat
%AWeekday as locale’s full nameSunday, Monday, ..., Friday, Saturday

Task

Format the same date object as before into the format: "Wednesday, 11 of March, 1998".

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Let's practice more with date formats! The table with the most common codes is below.

Format codeMeaningExample
%dDay of the month as a zero-padded decimal number01, 02, ..., 30, 31
%mMonth as a zero-padded decimal number01, 02, ..., 11, 12
%yYear without century as a zero-padded decimal number00, 01, 02, ..., 98, 99
%YYear with century as a decimal number0001, 0002, 1999, 2000, 2001, ...
%bMonth as locale’s abbreviated nameJan, Feb, ..., Nov, Dec
%BMonth as locale’s full nameJanuary, February, ..., November, December
%aWeekday as locale’s abbreviated nameSun, Mon, ..., Fri, Sat
%AWeekday as locale’s full nameSunday, Monday, ..., Friday, Saturday

Task

Format the same date object as before into the format: "Wednesday, 11 of March, 1998".

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Section 1. Chapter 6
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Let's practice more with date formats! The table with the most common codes is below.

Format codeMeaningExample
%dDay of the month as a zero-padded decimal number01, 02, ..., 30, 31
%mMonth as a zero-padded decimal number01, 02, ..., 11, 12
%yYear without century as a zero-padded decimal number00, 01, 02, ..., 98, 99
%YYear with century as a decimal number0001, 0002, 1999, 2000, 2001, ...
%bMonth as locale’s abbreviated nameJan, Feb, ..., Nov, Dec
%BMonth as locale’s full nameJanuary, February, ..., November, December
%aWeekday as locale’s abbreviated nameSun, Mon, ..., Fri, Sat
%AWeekday as locale’s full nameSunday, Monday, ..., Friday, Saturday

Task

Format the same date object as before into the format: "Wednesday, 11 of March, 1998".

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Let's practice more with date formats! The table with the most common codes is below.

Format codeMeaningExample
%dDay of the month as a zero-padded decimal number01, 02, ..., 30, 31
%mMonth as a zero-padded decimal number01, 02, ..., 11, 12
%yYear without century as a zero-padded decimal number00, 01, 02, ..., 98, 99
%YYear with century as a decimal number0001, 0002, 1999, 2000, 2001, ...
%bMonth as locale’s abbreviated nameJan, Feb, ..., Nov, Dec
%BMonth as locale’s full nameJanuary, February, ..., November, December
%aWeekday as locale’s abbreviated nameSun, Mon, ..., Fri, Sat
%AWeekday as locale’s full nameSunday, Monday, ..., Friday, Saturday

Task

Format the same date object as before into the format: "Wednesday, 11 of March, 1998".

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