Date and time function in python

Date and time function in python 

In this section, we discuss all the date and time function in Python. Date and time function work in full detail with syntax how it works in Python.

Python Daytime Python, which is basically a module to work with 4 main objects for Dayton and Date operations:

Date, Time, Daytime and TimeDelta


Learn step-by-step how to do all kinds of activities using these 4 elements and solve the problems easily.

The DateTime module provides the tools we need to work with dates.

Since this is the standard library part of Python, we do not need to install it separately.

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You can see below how it is imported:

The most important and commonly used item is the DateTime class within the daytime module.

Please do not confuse with the name as the module name and class name are the same.

Well, apart from the DateTime.DateTime class, we have 3 other classes:

1. date class

2. time class

3. timedelta class

Now, the basic question anyone can ask is how to get the current date and time in Python. Let's see!


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datetime.datetime.now () can give you. 


As we can see here, the format follows YYYY, MM, DD, HH, MM, SS, MS, and returns the local date and current date time to the local time interval.

We can only get dates using datetime.date.today ()

So, today () does not contain the method and time information of the daytime. date class.

Good, but you don't think the above marking is hard to read. If you print it, you'll see it in a good YYYY-MM-DD format.


We have seen above how the DateTime object is created for the present time, Now we will see how to create it for any date and time.

We can pass it in the same order as DateTime.DateTime ().

Now, learn about parsing. Parsing is nothing more than converting a daytime string into a daytime format because it can come in any format when working with spreadsheet columns or datasets.

We can import parse from dateutil.parser.

Any datastring can be converted to a daytime object using a datetable.

Similarly, we can parse datetime from DataStreaming.

Now, format the daytime object in any date format. Using the strftime() method we can convert any daytime object to a representation of the date format.


Let us learn some useful datetime functions.



We can use datetime.time () to indicate only the time fraction.

Let’s use time to distinguish between two dates or times.


Syntax: DateTime. Timedelta

I have a time period of 30 days. Count the date 20 days from now.


We can also remove two daytime items, we get a timed item that represents the time period.

we can also subtract two-time deltas to get another TimeDelta object.

Now make it a little more complicated.

Working with time zones. For time zones, Python recommends Pytz modules that do not have a standardized built library. You need to install it separately ('install pip pytz' at the terminal or command prompt.)

So how to set a specific daytime time zone? When you create a datetime, send the corresponding PytzTimezone object to the Tzinfo parameter. 

Then, that DateTime timezone becomes aware. Create a DateTime object related to the UTC timezone.

UTC is the direct property of the Pytz module. So, how to set a different timezone? See Pytz.all_timezone for the timezone of your choice. Use pytz.timezone () to create the corresponding timezone object to be sent to the tzinfo argument.
 

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Now, let's look at the example in the flight dataset. You can download the dataset from here



Step 1: Import the library

Step 2: Allows Excel to read data

Step 3: Check what the dataset looks like

Step 4: Change the date_off_journal to the daytime, from which we can remove the feature.

Step 5: Extract daysofweek from daytime

Step 6: Extract day from daytime

Step 7: Extract year from daytime

Step 8: Extract month from datetime

Let’s see what our dataset looks like after we extract the time attribute.

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Congratulation! You have successfully run Python daytime in the dataset.