Time Functions in Python | Set-2 (Date Manipulations)

Last Updated : 11 May, 2017

Some of Time Functions are discussed in Set 1 Date manipulation can also be performed using Python using "datetime" module and using "date" class in it. Operations on Date : 1. MINYEAR :- It displays the minimum year that can be represented using date class. 2. MAXYEAR :- It displays the maximum year that can be represented using date class.

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# Python code to demonstrate the working of
# MINYEAR and MAXYEAR

# importing built in module datetime
import datetime
from datetime import date

# using MINYEAR to print minimum representable year
print ("Minimum representable year is : ",end="")
print (datetime.MINYEAR)

# using MAXYEAR to print maximum representable year
print ("Maximum representable year is : ",end="")
print (datetime.MAXYEAR)

Output:

Minimum representable year is : 1
Maximum representable year is : 9999

3. date(yyyy-mm-dd) :- This function returns a string with passed arguments in order of year, months and date. 4. today() :- Returns the date of present day in the format yyyy-mm-dd.

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# Python code to demonstrate the working of
# date() and today()

# importing built in module datetime
import datetime
from datetime import date

# using date() to represent date
print ("The represented date is : ",end="")
print (datetime.date(1997,4,1))

# using today() to print present date
print ("Present date is : ",end="")
print (date.today())

Output:

The represented date is : 1997-04-01
Present date is : 2016-08-02

5. fromtimestamp(sec) :- It returns the date calculated from the seconds elapsed since epoch mentioned in arguments. 6. min() :- This returns the minimum date that can be represented by date class. 7. max() :- This returns the maximum date that can be represented by date class.

Python

# Python code to demonstrate the working of
# fromtimestamp(), min() and max()

# importing built in module datetime
import datetime
from datetime import date

# using fromtimestamp() to calculate date
print ("The calculated date from seconds is : ",end="")
print (date.fromtimestamp(3452435))

# using min() to print minimum representable date
print ("Minimum representable date is : ",end="")
print (date.min)

# using max() to print minimum representable date
print ("Maximum representable date is : ",end="")
print (date.max)

Output:

The calculated date from seconds is : 1970-02-09
Minimum representable date is : 0001-01-01
Maximum representable date is : 9999-12-31

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