Hello in this tutorial, we will see how to use the Datetime module in python programming.
1. Introduction
A datetime package is an in-built python module that helps to encapsulate the date/time values. To dig digger in this tutorial we will need to download and install one extra dependency from the PyPi website. Use the pip command to install the pytz package.
Command
1 | pip install pytz |
1.2 Setting up Python
If someone needs to go through the Python installation on Windows, please watch this link. You can download the Python from this link.
2. Python Datetime Object Example
Let us dive in with the programming stuff now. I am using JetBrains PyCharm as my preferred IDE. You’re free to choose the IDE of your choice.
2.1 Creating an implementation file
Let us understand the implementation with the help of a python script. The script explores different methods from the datetime module like fetching current date and timestamp, timezones, converting string timestamp to date-time object, etc.
Implementation file
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 | # python datetime object tutorial# importing modulefrom datetime import datetime, timedelta, dateimport pytz# get current date and timedef get_current_date_time(): now = datetime.now() print('Current date/time = {}'.format(now))# get current datedef get_current_date(): now_date = date.today() print('Current date = {}'.format(now_date))# convert string to date timedef convert_string_to_datetime(date_str): obj = datetime.strptime(date_str, '%B %d, %Y, %H:%M:%S') print('Date = {}'.format(obj.date())) print('Time = {}'.format(obj.time())) print('Date = {}'.format(obj))# get current date and time in utcdef get_current_date_time_in_utc(): now = datetime.now(pytz.utc) print('Current date/time in utc = {}'.format(now))# get timestamp from the given numeric timestampdef get_timestamp_from_timestamp(timestamp): obj = datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp) print('Date = {}'.format(obj))# calculate the future datedef calculate_future_date(no_of_days): now = datetime.now() # calculating future date future = now + timedelta(days=no_of_days) print('Future date = {}'.format(future))# driver codeif __name__ == '__main__': # get_current_date_time() print('----') # get_current_date() print('----') # convert_string_to_datetime('November 5, 2020, 20:19:55') print('----') # get_current_date_time_in_utc() print('----') # get_timestamp_from_timestamp(1826254364) print('----') calculate_future_date(365)print("\ndone") |
You can uncomment the method of your choice and run this python script. If everything goes well the output will be shown in the IDE console.
Console output
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 | Current date/time = 2021-05-26 21:08:31.228270----Current date = 2021-05-26----Date = 2020-11-05Time = 20:19:55Date = 2020-11-05 20:19:55----Current date/time in utc = 2021-05-26 15:38:31.235326+00:00----Date = 2027-11-15 10:22:44----Future date = 2022-05-26 21:08:31.235326done |
That is all for this tutorial and I hope the article served you with whatever you were looking for. Happy Learning and do not forget to share!
3. Summary
In this tutorial, we learned:
- How to use the
datetimepackage to manipulate date and time in python - We explain through examples how this works
You can download the source code of this tutorial from the Downloads section.
4. Download the Project
This was a tutorial to use the datetime package to manipulate date and time in python.
You can download the full source code of this example here: Python Datetime Object Example
Last updated on Jan. 21st, 2022
