datetime and time module in python

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import datetime as dt
import time as tm

Epoch time¶

time function returns the current time in seconds since the Epoch. (January 1st, 1970)

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epoch_time = tm.time()

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print(epoch_time)

1485137118.553261

Converting timestamp to datetime¶

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date_time = dt.datetime.fromtimestamp(epoch_time)
print(date_time)

2017-01-23 12:05:18.553261

Accessing date_time¶

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date_time.year,date_time.month,date_time.day,date_time.hour,date_time.minute

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(2017, 1, 23, 12, 5)

timedelta¶

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delta = dt.timedelta(days = 100)

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print(delta)

100 days, 0:00:00

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print(date_time+delta) # after 100 days

2017-05-03 12:05:18.553261

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print(date_time- delta) # 100 days ago

2016-10-15 12:05:18.553261

Pretty display datetime using strftime function¶

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print(date_time.strftime("%A, %b %d %Y"))

Monday, Jan 23 2017