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Dates in Python

This document discusses working with dates and times in Python. It covers creating date objects from strings, extracting attributes from dates like year and month, performing math operations on dates like subtraction and addition, converting dates to strings in ISO 8601 and other formats using strftime, and sorting dates. The goal is to demonstrate how to work with dates and times in Python for tasks like finding the elapsed time between dates, checking date order, determining the weekday, and filtering dates by range.

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Dates in Python

This document discusses working with dates and times in Python. It covers creating date objects from strings, extracting attributes from dates like year and month, performing math operations on dates like subtraction and addition, converting dates to strings in ISO 8601 and other formats using strftime, and sorting dates. The goal is to demonstrate how to work with dates and times in Python for tasks like finding the elapsed time between dates, checking date order, determining the weekday, and filtering dates by range.

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Dates in Python

W O R K I N G W I T H D AT E S A N D T I M E S I N P Y T H O N

Max Shron
Data Scientist and Author
Course overview
Chapter 1: Dates and Calendars

Chapter 2: Combining Dates and Times

Chapter 3: Time zones and Daylight Saving

Chapter 4: Dates and Times in Pandas

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Dates in Python

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Why do we need a date class in Python?
two_hurricanes = ["10/7/2016", "6/21/2017"]

How would you:

Figure out how many days had elapsed?

Check that they were in order from earliest to latest?

Know which day of the week each was?

Filter out hurricanes which happened between certain dates?

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Creating date objects
# Import date
from datetime import date

# Create dates
two_hurricanes_dates = [date(2016, 10, 7), date(2017, 6, 21)]

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Attributes of a date
# Import date
from datetime import date

# Create dates
two_hurricanes_dates = [date(2016, 10, 7), date(2017, 6, 21)]

print(two_hurricanes_dates[0].year)
print(two_hurricanes_dates[0].month)
print(two_hurricanes_dates[0].day)

2016
10
7

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Finding the weekday of a date
print(two_hurricanes_dates[0].weekday())

Weekdays in Python
0 = Monday

1 = Tuesday

2 = Wednesday

...
6 = Sunday

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Dates in Python
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Math with Dates
W O R K I N G W I T H D AT E S A N D T I M E S I N P Y T H O N

Max Shron
Data Scientist and Author
Math with dates

# Example numbers
a = 11
b = 14
l = [a, b]

# Find the least least in the list


print(min(l))
11

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Math with dates

# Subtract two numbers


print(b - a)
3

# Add 3 to a
print(a + 3)
14

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Math with dates

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Math with dates

# Import date
from datetime import date

# Create our dates


d1 = date(2017, 11, 5)
d2 = date(2017, 12, 4)
l = [d1, d2]

print(min(l))
2017-11-05

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Math with dates

# Subtract two dates


delta = d2 - d1

print(delta.days)
29

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Math with dates

# Import timedelta
from datetime import timedelta

# Create a 29 day timedelta


td = timedelta(days=29)
print(d1 + td)
2017-12-04

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Incrementing variables with +=
# Initialize x to be zero # Initialize x to be zero
x = 0 x = 0

# Increment x # Increment x
x = x + 1 x += 1

print(x) print(x)
1 1

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Let's Practice!
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Turning dates into
strings
W O R K I N G W I T H D AT E S A N D T I M E S I N P Y T H O N

Max Shron
Data Scientist and Author
ISO 8601 format
from datetime import date

# Example date
d = date(2017, 11, 5)

# ISO format: YYYY-MM-DD


print(d)

2017-11-05

# Express the date in ISO 8601 format and put it in a list


print( [d.isoformat()] )

['2017-11-05']

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ISO 8601 format
# A few dates that computers once had trouble with
some_dates = ['2000-01-01', '1999-12-31']

# Print them in order


print(sorted(some_dates))

['1999-12-31', '2000-01-01']

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Every other format
d.strftime()

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Every other format: strftime
# Example date
d = date(2017, 1, 5)

print(d.strftime("%Y"))

2017

# Format string with more text in it


print(d.strftime("Year is %Y"))

Year is 2017

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Every other format: strftime
# Format: YYYY/MM/DD
print(d.strftime("%Y/%m/%d"))

2017/01/05

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Turning dates into
strings
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