{"id":102720,"date":"2021-06-03T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/examples.javacodegeeks.com\/?p=102720"},"modified":"2022-01-21T13:55:25","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T11:55:25","slug":"python-datetime-object-example","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/examples.javacodegeeks.com\/python-datetime-object-example\/","title":{"rendered":"Python Datetime Object Example"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello in this tutorial, we will see how to use the Datetime module in python programming.<\/p>\n

1. Introduction<\/h2>\n

A datetime<\/code> 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<\/a> website. Use the pip<\/code> command to install the pytz<\/code> package.<\/p>\n

Command<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

pip install pytz<\/pre>\n
\"python<\/a><\/p>\n
1.2 Setting up Python<\/h3>\n
If someone needs to go through the Python installation on Windows, please watch this<\/a> link. You can download the Python from this<\/a> link.<\/p>\n
2. Python Datetime Object Example<\/h2>\n
Let us dive in with the programming stuff now. I am using JetBrains PyCharm<\/a> as my preferred IDE. You’re free to choose the IDE of your choice.<\/p>\n
2.1 Creating an implementation file<\/h3>\n
Let us understand the implementation with the help of a python script. The script explores different methods from the datetime<\/code> module like fetching current date and timestamp, timezones, converting string timestamp to date-time object, etc.
 
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Implementation file<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
# python datetime object tutorial\n\n# importing module\nfrom datetime import datetime, timedelta, date\n\nimport pytz\n\n\n# get current date and time\ndef get_current_date_time():\n    now = datetime.now()\n    print('Current date\/time = {}'.format(now))\n\n\n# get current date\ndef get_current_date():\n    now_date = date.today()\n    print('Current date = {}'.format(now_date))\n\n\n# convert string to date time\ndef convert_string_to_datetime(date_str):\n    obj = datetime.strptime(date_str, '%B %d, %Y, %H:%M:%S')\n    print('Date = {}'.format(obj.date()))\n    print('Time = {}'.format(obj.time()))\n    print('Date = {}'.format(obj))\n\n\n# get current date and time in utc\ndef get_current_date_time_in_utc():\n    now = datetime.now(pytz.utc)\n    print('Current date\/time in utc = {}'.format(now))\n\n\n# get timestamp from the given numeric timestamp\ndef get_timestamp_from_timestamp(timestamp):\n    obj = datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp)\n    print('Date = {}'.format(obj))\n\n\n# calculate the future date\ndef calculate_future_date(no_of_days):\n    now = datetime.now()\n    # calculating future date\n    future = now + timedelta(days=no_of_days)\n    print('Future date = {}'.format(future))\n\n\n# driver code\nif __name__ == '__main__':\n    # get_current_date_time()\n    print('----')\n\n    # get_current_date()\n    print('----')\n\n    # convert_string_to_datetime('November 5, 2020, 20:19:55')\n    print('----')\n\n    # get_current_date_time_in_utc()\n    print('----')\n\n    # get_timestamp_from_timestamp(1826254364)\n    print('----')\n\n    calculate_future_date(365)\n\nprint(\"\\ndone\")\n<\/pre>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Console output<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
Current date\/time = 2021-05-26 21:08:31.228270\n----\nCurrent date = 2021-05-26\n----\nDate = 2020-11-05\nTime = 20:19:55\nDate = 2020-11-05 20:19:55\n----\nCurrent date\/time in utc = 2021-05-26 15:38:31.235326+00:00\n----\nDate = 2027-11-15 10:22:44\n----\nFuture date = 2022-05-26 21:08:31.235326\n\ndone\n<\/pre>\n
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!<\/p>\n
3. Summary<\/h2>\n
In this tutorial, we learned:<\/p>\n