Python - datetime

Examples

#!/usr/bin/env python

import datetime

start_date = datetime.datetime(2007,01,01)
end_date   = datetime.datetime(2008,03,11)

print start_date
print end_date

date = start_date

print 'Date'

while date < end_date:
   print date.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')

   date += datetime.timedelta(days=1)

#!/usr/bin/env python
#
#  $Id:$
#
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import sys
import getopt

from datetime import datetime, timedelta

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"""
From datetime documentation...

def astimezone(self, tz):
   if self.tzinfo is tz:
      return self
   # Convert self to UTC, and attach the new time zone object.
   utc = (self - self.utcoffset()).replace(tzinfo=tz)
   # Convert from UTC to tz's local time.
   return tz.fromutc(utc)
"""

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def display(dt):
   print "  timetuple() -> %s" % dt.timetuple()
   print "   strftime() -> %s" % dt.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
   print "isocalendar() -> %s" % str(dt.isocalendar())
   print "    weekday() -> %d" % dt.weekday()
   print " isoweekday() -> %d" % dt.isoweekday()
   print "  isoformat() -> %s" % dt.isoformat()
   print "    __str__() -> %s" % dt.__str__()
   print "      ctime() -> %s" % dt.ctime()
   print "     tzname() -> %s" % dt.tzname()
   print "        dst() -> %s" % dt.dst()
   print "     timetz() -> %s" % dt.timetz()

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def test():
   now = datetime.now()

   print "now():"
   display(now)

   utcnow = datetime.utcnow()

   print "utcnow():"
   display(utcnow)

   plus_1_day = now + timedelta(days=1)

   print "plus_1_day():"
   display(plus_1_day)

   plus_2_day = now + timedelta(days=2)

   print "plus_2_day():"
   display(plus_2_day)

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def usage():
   USAGE = """
   
     Usage:
     
       $ dt.py
    
   """
   
   sys.stderr.write(USAGE)
   
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def main(argv):
   global logfile, verbose_flg

   #----- Process command line arguments ----------------------------

   try:
      opts, args = getopt.getopt(argv, "hl:u:t", ["help", "logfile=", "verbose"])
   except getopt.GetoptError:
      usage()
      sys.exit(2)
   else:
      for opt, arg in opts:
         if opt in ("-h", "--help"):
            usage()
            sys.exit(0)
         elif opt in ("-l", "--logfile"):
            logfile = arg
         elif opt in ("-v", "--verbose"):
            verbose_flg = True

   test()

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if __name__ == "__main__":
   main(sys.argv[1:])

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