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:mod:`datetime` --- Basic date and time types
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=============================================
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.. module:: datetime
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:synopsis: Basic date and time types.
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.. moduleauthor:: Tim Peters <tim@zope.com>
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.. sectionauthor:: Tim Peters <tim@zope.com>
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.. sectionauthor:: A.M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>
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**Source code:** :source:`Lib/datetime.py`
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--------------
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.. XXX what order should the types be discussed in?
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The :mod:`datetime` module supplies classes for manipulating dates and times in
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both simple and complex ways. While date and time arithmetic is supported, the
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focus of the implementation is on efficient attribute extraction for output
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formatting and manipulation. For related functionality, see also the
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:mod:`time` and :mod:`calendar` modules.
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There are two kinds of date and time objects: "naive" and "aware".
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An aware object has sufficient knowledge of applicable algorithmic and
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political time adjustments, such as time zone and daylight saving time
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information, to locate itself relative to other aware objects. An aware object
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is used to represent a specific moment in time that is not open to
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interpretation [#]_.
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A naive object does not contain enough information to unambiguously locate
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itself relative to other date/time objects. Whether a naive object represents
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Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), local time, or time in some other timezone is
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purely up to the program, just like it is up to the program whether a
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particular number represents metres, miles, or mass. Naive objects are easy to
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understand and to work with, at the cost of ignoring some aspects of reality.
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For applications requiring aware objects, :class:`.datetime` and :class:`.time`
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objects have an optional time zone information attribute, :attr:`!tzinfo`, that
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can be set to an instance of a subclass of the abstract :class:`tzinfo` class.
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These :class:`tzinfo` objects capture information about the offset from UTC
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time, the time zone name, and whether Daylight Saving Time is in effect. Note
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that only one concrete :class:`tzinfo` class, the :class:`timezone` class, is
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supplied by the :mod:`datetime` module. The :class:`timezone` class can
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represent simple timezones with fixed offset from UTC, such as UTC itself or
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North American EST and EDT timezones. Supporting timezones at deeper levels of
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detail is up to the application. The rules for time adjustment across the
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world are more political than rational, change frequently, and there is no
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standard suitable for every application aside from UTC.
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The :mod:`datetime` module exports the following constants:
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.. data:: MINYEAR
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The smallest year number allowed in a :class:`date` or :class:`.datetime` object.
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:const:`MINYEAR` is ``1``.
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.. data:: MAXYEAR
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The largest year number allowed in a :class:`date` or :class:`.datetime` object.
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:const:`MAXYEAR` is ``9999``.
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.. seealso::
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Module :mod:`calendar`
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General calendar related functions.
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Module :mod:`time`
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Time access and conversions.
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Available Types
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---------------
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.. class:: date
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:noindex:
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An idealized naive date, assuming the current Gregorian calendar always was, and
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always will be, in effect. Attributes: :attr:`year`, :attr:`month`, and
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:attr:`day`.
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.. class:: time
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:noindex:
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An idealized time, independent of any particular day, assuming that every day
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has exactly 24\*60\*60 seconds (there is no notion of "leap seconds" here).
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Attributes: :attr:`hour`, :attr:`minute`, :attr:`second`, :attr:`microsecond`,
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and :attr:`.tzinfo`.
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.. class:: datetime
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:noindex:
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A combination of a date and a time. Attributes: :attr:`year`, :attr:`month`,
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:attr:`day`, :attr:`hour`, :attr:`minute`, :attr:`second`, :attr:`microsecond`,
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and :attr:`.tzinfo`.
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.. class:: timedelta
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:noindex:
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A duration expressing the difference between two :class:`date`, :class:`.time`,
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or :class:`.datetime` instances to microsecond resolution.
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.. class:: tzinfo
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:noindex:
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An abstract base class for time zone information objects. These are used by the
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:class:`.datetime` and :class:`.time` classes to provide a customizable notion of
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time adjustment (for example, to account for time zone and/or daylight saving
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time).
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.. class:: timezone
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:noindex:
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A class that implements the :class:`tzinfo` abstract base class as a
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fixed offset from the UTC.
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.. versionadded:: 3.2
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Objects of these types are immutable.
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Objects of the :class:`date` type are always naive.
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An object of type :class:`.time` or :class:`.datetime` may be naive or aware.
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A :class:`.datetime` object *d* is aware if ``d.tzinfo`` is not ``None`` and
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``d.tzinfo.utcoffset(d)`` does not return ``None``. If ``d.tzinfo`` is
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``None``, or if ``d.tzinfo`` is not ``None`` but ``d.tzinfo.utcoffset(d)``
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returns ``None``, *d* is naive. A :class:`.time` object *t* is aware
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if ``t.tzinfo`` is not ``None`` and ``t.tzinfo.utcoffset(None)`` does not return
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``None``. Otherwise, *t* is naive.
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The distinction between naive and aware doesn't apply to :class:`timedelta`
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objects.
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Subclass relationships::
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object
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timedelta
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tzinfo
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timezone
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time
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date
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datetime
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.. _datetime-timedelta:
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:class:`timedelta` Objects
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--------------------------
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A :class:`timedelta` object represents a duration, the difference between two
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dates or times.
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.. class:: timedelta(days=0, seconds=0, microseconds=0, milliseconds=0, minutes=0, hours=0, weeks=0)
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All arguments are optional and default to ``0``. Arguments may be integers
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or floats, and may be positive or negative.
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Only *days*, *seconds* and *microseconds* are stored internally. Arguments are
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converted to those units:
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* A millisecond is converted to 1000 microseconds.
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* A minute is converted to 60 seconds.
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* An hour is converted to 3600 seconds.
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* A week is converted to 7 days.
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and days, seconds and microseconds are then normalized so that the
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representation is unique, with
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* ``0 <= microseconds < 1000000``
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* ``0 <= seconds < 3600*24`` (the number of seconds in one day)
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* ``-999999999 <= days <= 999999999``
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If any argument is a float and there are fractional microseconds,
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the fractional microseconds left over from all arguments are
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combined and their sum is rounded to the nearest microsecond using
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round-half-to-even tiebreaker. If no argument is a float, the
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conversion and normalization processes are exact (no information is
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lost).
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If the normalized value of days lies outside the indicated range,
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:exc:`OverflowError` is raised.
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Note that normalization of negative values may be surprising at first. For
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example,
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>>> from datetime import timedelta
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>>> d = timedelta(microseconds=-1)
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>>> (d.days, d.seconds, d.microseconds)
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(-1, 86399, 999999)
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Class attributes are:
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.. attribute:: timedelta.min
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The most negative :class:`timedelta` object, ``timedelta(-999999999)``.
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.. attribute:: timedelta.max
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The most positive :class:`timedelta` object, ``timedelta(days=999999999,
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hours=23, minutes=59, seconds=59, microseconds=999999)``.
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.. attribute:: timedelta.resolution
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The smallest possible difference between non-equal :class:`timedelta` objects,
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``timedelta(microseconds=1)``.
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Note that, because of normalization, ``timedelta.max`` > ``-timedelta.min``.
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``-timedelta.max`` is not representable as a :class:`timedelta` object.
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Instance attributes (read-only):
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+------------------+--------------------------------------------+
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| Attribute | Value |
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+==================+============================================+
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| ``days`` | Between -999999999 and 999999999 inclusive |
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+------------------+--------------------------------------------+
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| ``seconds`` | Between 0 and 86399 inclusive |
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+------------------+--------------------------------------------+
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| ``microseconds`` | Between 0 and 999999 inclusive |
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+------------------+--------------------------------------------+
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Supported operations:
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.. XXX this table is too wide!
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+--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
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| Operation | Result |
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+================================+===============================================+
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| ``t1 = t2 + t3`` | Sum of *t2* and *t3*. Afterwards *t1*-*t2* == |
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| | *t3* and *t1*-*t3* == *t2* are true. (1) |
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+--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
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| ``t1 = t2 - t3`` | Difference of *t2* and *t3*. Afterwards *t1* |
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| | == *t2* - *t3* and *t2* == *t1* + *t3* are |
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| | true. (1) |
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+--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
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| ``t1 = t2 * i or t1 = i * t2`` | Delta multiplied by an integer. |
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| | Afterwards *t1* // i == *t2* is true, |
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| | provided ``i != 0``. |
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+--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
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| | In general, *t1* \* i == *t1* \* (i-1) + *t1* |
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| | is true. (1) |
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+--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
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| ``t1 = t2 * f or t1 = f * t2`` | Delta multiplied by a float. The result is |
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| | rounded to the nearest multiple of |
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| | timedelta.resolution using round-half-to-even.|
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+--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
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| ``f = t2 / t3`` | Division (3) of *t2* by *t3*. Returns a |
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| | :class:`float` object. |
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+--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
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| ``t1 = t2 / f or t1 = t2 / i`` | Delta divided by a float or an int. The result|
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| | is rounded to the nearest multiple of |
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| | timedelta.resolution using round-half-to-even.|
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+--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
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| ``t1 = t2 // i`` or | The floor is computed and the remainder (if |
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| ``t1 = t2 // t3`` | any) is thrown away. In the second case, an |
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| | integer is returned. (3) |
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+--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
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| ``t1 = t2 % t3`` | The remainder is computed as a |
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| | :class:`timedelta` object. (3) |
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+--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
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| ``q, r = divmod(t1, t2)`` | Computes the quotient and the remainder: |
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| | ``q = t1 // t2`` (3) and ``r = t1 % t2``. |
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| | q is an integer and r is a :class:`timedelta` |
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| | object. |
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+--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
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| ``+t1`` | Returns a :class:`timedelta` object with the |
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| | same value. (2) |
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+--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
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| ``-t1`` | equivalent to :class:`timedelta`\ |
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| | (-*t1.days*, -*t1.seconds*, |
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| | -*t1.microseconds*), and to *t1*\* -1. (1)(4) |
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+--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
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| ``abs(t)`` | equivalent to +\ *t* when ``t.days >= 0``, and|
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| | to -*t* when ``t.days < 0``. (2) |
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+--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
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| ``str(t)`` | Returns a string in the form |
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| | ``[D day[s], ][H]H:MM:SS[.UUUUUU]``, where D |
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| | is negative for negative ``t``. (5) |
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+--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
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| ``repr(t)`` | Returns a string in the form |
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| | ``datetime.timedelta(D[, S[, U]])``, where D |
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| | is negative for negative ``t``. (5) |
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+--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
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Notes:
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(1)
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This is exact, but may overflow.
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(2)
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This is exact, and cannot overflow.
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(3)
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Division by 0 raises :exc:`ZeroDivisionError`.
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(4)
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-*timedelta.max* is not representable as a :class:`timedelta` object.
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(5)
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String representations of :class:`timedelta` objects are normalized
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similarly to their internal representation. This leads to somewhat
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unusual results for negative timedeltas. For example:
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>>> timedelta(hours=-5)
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datetime.timedelta(-1, 68400)
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>>> print(_)
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-1 day, 19:00:00
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In addition to the operations listed above :class:`timedelta` objects support
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certain additions and subtractions with :class:`date` and :class:`.datetime`
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objects (see below).
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.. versionchanged:: 3.2
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Floor division and true division of a :class:`timedelta` object by another
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:class:`timedelta` object are now supported, as are remainder operations and
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the :func:`divmod` function. True division and multiplication of a
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:class:`timedelta` object by a :class:`float` object are now supported.
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Comparisons of :class:`timedelta` objects are supported with the
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:class:`timedelta` object representing the smaller duration considered to be the
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smaller timedelta. In order to stop mixed-type comparisons from falling back to
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the default comparison by object address, when a :class:`timedelta` object is
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compared to an object of a different type, :exc:`TypeError` is raised unless the
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comparison is ``==`` or ``!=``. The latter cases return :const:`False` or
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:const:`True`, respectively.
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:class:`timedelta` objects are :term:`hashable` (usable as dictionary keys), support
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efficient pickling, and in Boolean contexts, a :class:`timedelta` object is
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considered to be true if and only if it isn't equal to ``timedelta(0)``.
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Instance methods:
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.. method:: timedelta.total_seconds()
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Return the total number of seconds contained in the duration. Equivalent to
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``td / timedelta(seconds=1)``.
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Note that for very large time intervals (greater than 270 years on
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most platforms) this method will lose microsecond accuracy.
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.. versionadded:: 3.2
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Example usage:
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>>> from datetime import timedelta
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>>> year = timedelta(days=365)
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>>> another_year = timedelta(weeks=40, days=84, hours=23,
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... minutes=50, seconds=600) # adds up to 365 days
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>>> year.total_seconds()
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31536000.0
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>>> year == another_year
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True
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>>> ten_years = 10 * year
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>>> ten_years, ten_years.days // 365
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(datetime.timedelta(3650), 10)
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>>> nine_years = ten_years - year
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>>> nine_years, nine_years.days // 365
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(datetime.timedelta(3285), 9)
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>>> three_years = nine_years // 3;
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>>> three_years, three_years.days // 365
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(datetime.timedelta(1095), 3)
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>>> abs(three_years - ten_years) == 2 * three_years + year
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True
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.. _datetime-date:
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:class:`date` Objects
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---------------------
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A :class:`date` object represents a date (year, month and day) in an idealized
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calendar, the current Gregorian calendar indefinitely extended in both
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directions. January 1 of year 1 is called day number 1, January 2 of year 1 is
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called day number 2, and so on. This matches the definition of the "proleptic
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Gregorian" calendar in Dershowitz and Reingold's book Calendrical Calculations,
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where it's the base calendar for all computations. See the book for algorithms
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for converting between proleptic Gregorian ordinals and many other calendar
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systems.
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.. class:: date(year, month, day)
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All arguments are required. Arguments may be integers, in the following
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ranges:
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* ``MINYEAR <= year <= MAXYEAR``
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* ``1 <= month <= 12``
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* ``1 <= day <= number of days in the given month and year``
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If an argument outside those ranges is given, :exc:`ValueError` is raised.
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Other constructors, all class methods:
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.. classmethod:: date.today()
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Return the current local date. This is equivalent to
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``date.fromtimestamp(time.time())``.
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.. classmethod:: date.fromtimestamp(timestamp)
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Return the local date corresponding to the POSIX timestamp, such as is returned
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by :func:`time.time`. This may raise :exc:`OverflowError`, if the timestamp is out
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of the range of values supported by the platform C :c:func:`localtime` function,
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and :exc:`OSError` on :c:func:`localtime` failure.
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It's common for this to be restricted to years from 1970 through 2038. Note
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that on non-POSIX systems that include leap seconds in their notion of a
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timestamp, leap seconds are ignored by :meth:`fromtimestamp`.
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.. versionchanged:: 3.3
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Raise :exc:`OverflowError` instead of :exc:`ValueError` if the timestamp
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is out of the range of values supported by the platform C
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:c:func:`localtime` function. Raise :exc:`OSError` instead of
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:exc:`ValueError` on :c:func:`localtime` failure.
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.. classmethod:: date.fromordinal(ordinal)
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Return the date corresponding to the proleptic Gregorian ordinal, where January
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1 of year 1 has ordinal 1. :exc:`ValueError` is raised unless ``1 <= ordinal <=
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date.max.toordinal()``. For any date *d*, ``date.fromordinal(d.toordinal()) ==
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d``.
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Class attributes:
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.. attribute:: date.min
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The earliest representable date, ``date(MINYEAR, 1, 1)``.
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.. attribute:: date.max
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The latest representable date, ``date(MAXYEAR, 12, 31)``.
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.. attribute:: date.resolution
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The smallest possible difference between non-equal date objects,
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``timedelta(days=1)``.
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Instance attributes (read-only):
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.. attribute:: date.year
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Between :const:`MINYEAR` and :const:`MAXYEAR` inclusive.
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.. attribute:: date.month
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Between 1 and 12 inclusive.
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.. attribute:: date.day
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Between 1 and the number of days in the given month of the given year.
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Supported operations:
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+-------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+
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| Operation | Result |
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+===============================+==============================================+
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| ``date2 = date1 + timedelta`` | *date2* is ``timedelta.days`` days removed |
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| | from *date1*. (1) |
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+-------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+
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| ``date2 = date1 - timedelta`` | Computes *date2* such that ``date2 + |
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| | timedelta == date1``. (2) |
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+-------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+
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| ``timedelta = date1 - date2`` | \(3) |
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+-------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+
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| ``date1 < date2`` | *date1* is considered less than *date2* when |
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| | *date1* precedes *date2* in time. (4) |
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+-------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+
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Notes:
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(1)
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*date2* is moved forward in time if ``timedelta.days > 0``, or backward if
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``timedelta.days < 0``. Afterward ``date2 - date1 == timedelta.days``.
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``timedelta.seconds`` and ``timedelta.microseconds`` are ignored.
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:exc:`OverflowError` is raised if ``date2.year`` would be smaller than
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:const:`MINYEAR` or larger than :const:`MAXYEAR`.
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(2)
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This isn't quite equivalent to date1 + (-timedelta), because -timedelta in
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isolation can overflow in cases where date1 - timedelta does not.
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``timedelta.seconds`` and ``timedelta.microseconds`` are ignored.
|
||
|
||
(3)
|
||
This is exact, and cannot overflow. timedelta.seconds and
|
||
timedelta.microseconds are 0, and date2 + timedelta == date1 after.
|
||
|
||
(4)
|
||
In other words, ``date1 < date2`` if and only if ``date1.toordinal() <
|
||
date2.toordinal()``. In order to stop comparison from falling back to the
|
||
default scheme of comparing object addresses, date comparison normally raises
|
||
:exc:`TypeError` if the other comparand isn't also a :class:`date` object.
|
||
However, ``NotImplemented`` is returned instead if the other comparand has a
|
||
:meth:`timetuple` attribute. This hook gives other kinds of date objects a
|
||
chance at implementing mixed-type comparison. If not, when a :class:`date`
|
||
object is compared to an object of a different type, :exc:`TypeError` is raised
|
||
unless the comparison is ``==`` or ``!=``. The latter cases return
|
||
:const:`False` or :const:`True`, respectively.
|
||
|
||
Dates can be used as dictionary keys. In Boolean contexts, all :class:`date`
|
||
objects are considered to be true.
|
||
|
||
Instance methods:
|
||
|
||
.. method:: date.replace(year=self.year, month=self.month, day=self.day)
|
||
|
||
Return a date with the same value, except for those parameters given new
|
||
values by whichever keyword arguments are specified. For example, if ``d ==
|
||
date(2002, 12, 31)``, then ``d.replace(day=26) == date(2002, 12, 26)``.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. method:: date.timetuple()
|
||
|
||
Return a :class:`time.struct_time` such as returned by :func:`time.localtime`.
|
||
The hours, minutes and seconds are 0, and the DST flag is -1. ``d.timetuple()``
|
||
is equivalent to ``time.struct_time((d.year, d.month, d.day, 0, 0, 0,
|
||
d.weekday(), yday, -1))``, where ``yday = d.toordinal() - date(d.year, 1,
|
||
1).toordinal() + 1`` is the day number within the current year starting with
|
||
``1`` for January 1st.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. method:: date.toordinal()
|
||
|
||
Return the proleptic Gregorian ordinal of the date, where January 1 of year 1
|
||
has ordinal 1. For any :class:`date` object *d*,
|
||
``date.fromordinal(d.toordinal()) == d``.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. method:: date.weekday()
|
||
|
||
Return the day of the week as an integer, where Monday is 0 and Sunday is 6.
|
||
For example, ``date(2002, 12, 4).weekday() == 2``, a Wednesday. See also
|
||
:meth:`isoweekday`.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. method:: date.isoweekday()
|
||
|
||
Return the day of the week as an integer, where Monday is 1 and Sunday is 7.
|
||
For example, ``date(2002, 12, 4).isoweekday() == 3``, a Wednesday. See also
|
||
:meth:`weekday`, :meth:`isocalendar`.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. method:: date.isocalendar()
|
||
|
||
Return a 3-tuple, (ISO year, ISO week number, ISO weekday).
|
||
|
||
The ISO calendar is a widely used variant of the Gregorian calendar. See
|
||
https://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/calendar/isocalendar.htm for a good
|
||
explanation.
|
||
|
||
The ISO year consists of 52 or 53 full weeks, and where a week starts on a
|
||
Monday and ends on a Sunday. The first week of an ISO year is the first
|
||
(Gregorian) calendar week of a year containing a Thursday. This is called week
|
||
number 1, and the ISO year of that Thursday is the same as its Gregorian year.
|
||
|
||
For example, 2004 begins on a Thursday, so the first week of ISO year 2004
|
||
begins on Monday, 29 Dec 2003 and ends on Sunday, 4 Jan 2004, so that
|
||
``date(2003, 12, 29).isocalendar() == (2004, 1, 1)`` and ``date(2004, 1,
|
||
4).isocalendar() == (2004, 1, 7)``.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. method:: date.isoformat()
|
||
|
||
Return a string representing the date in ISO 8601 format, 'YYYY-MM-DD'. For
|
||
example, ``date(2002, 12, 4).isoformat() == '2002-12-04'``.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. method:: date.__str__()
|
||
|
||
For a date *d*, ``str(d)`` is equivalent to ``d.isoformat()``.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. method:: date.ctime()
|
||
|
||
Return a string representing the date, for example ``date(2002, 12,
|
||
4).ctime() == 'Wed Dec 4 00:00:00 2002'``. ``d.ctime()`` is equivalent to
|
||
``time.ctime(time.mktime(d.timetuple()))`` on platforms where the native C
|
||
:c:func:`ctime` function (which :func:`time.ctime` invokes, but which
|
||
:meth:`date.ctime` does not invoke) conforms to the C standard.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. method:: date.strftime(format)
|
||
|
||
Return a string representing the date, controlled by an explicit format string.
|
||
Format codes referring to hours, minutes or seconds will see 0 values. For a
|
||
complete list of formatting directives, see
|
||
:ref:`strftime-strptime-behavior`.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. method:: date.__format__(format)
|
||
|
||
Same as :meth:`.date.strftime`. This makes it possible to specify a format
|
||
string for a :class:`.date` object in :ref:`formatted string
|
||
literals <f-strings>` and when using :meth:`str.format`. For a
|
||
complete list of formatting directives, see
|
||
:ref:`strftime-strptime-behavior`.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Example of counting days to an event::
|
||
|
||
>>> import time
|
||
>>> from datetime import date
|
||
>>> today = date.today()
|
||
>>> today
|
||
datetime.date(2007, 12, 5)
|
||
>>> today == date.fromtimestamp(time.time())
|
||
True
|
||
>>> my_birthday = date(today.year, 6, 24)
|
||
>>> if my_birthday < today:
|
||
... my_birthday = my_birthday.replace(year=today.year + 1)
|
||
>>> my_birthday
|
||
datetime.date(2008, 6, 24)
|
||
>>> time_to_birthday = abs(my_birthday - today)
|
||
>>> time_to_birthday.days
|
||
202
|
||
|
||
Example of working with :class:`date`:
|
||
|
||
.. doctest::
|
||
|
||
>>> from datetime import date
|
||
>>> d = date.fromordinal(730920) # 730920th day after 1. 1. 0001
|
||
>>> d
|
||
datetime.date(2002, 3, 11)
|
||
>>> t = d.timetuple()
|
||
>>> for i in t: # doctest: +SKIP
|
||
... print(i)
|
||
2002 # year
|
||
3 # month
|
||
11 # day
|
||
0
|
||
0
|
||
0
|
||
0 # weekday (0 = Monday)
|
||
70 # 70th day in the year
|
||
-1
|
||
>>> ic = d.isocalendar()
|
||
>>> for i in ic: # doctest: +SKIP
|
||
... print(i)
|
||
2002 # ISO year
|
||
11 # ISO week number
|
||
1 # ISO day number ( 1 = Monday )
|
||
>>> d.isoformat()
|
||
'2002-03-11'
|
||
>>> d.strftime("%d/%m/%y")
|
||
'11/03/02'
|
||
>>> d.strftime("%A %d. %B %Y")
|
||
'Monday 11. March 2002'
|
||
>>> 'The {1} is {0:%d}, the {2} is {0:%B}.'.format(d, "day", "month")
|
||
'The day is 11, the month is March.'
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. _datetime-datetime:
|
||
|
||
:class:`.datetime` Objects
|
||
--------------------------
|
||
|
||
A :class:`.datetime` object is a single object containing all the information
|
||
from a :class:`date` object and a :class:`.time` object. Like a :class:`date`
|
||
object, :class:`.datetime` assumes the current Gregorian calendar extended in
|
||
both directions; like a time object, :class:`.datetime` assumes there are exactly
|
||
3600\*24 seconds in every day.
|
||
|
||
Constructor:
|
||
|
||
.. class:: datetime(year, month, day, hour=0, minute=0, second=0, microsecond=0, tzinfo=None, *, fold=0)
|
||
|
||
The year, month and day arguments are required. *tzinfo* may be ``None``, or an
|
||
instance of a :class:`tzinfo` subclass. The remaining arguments may be integers,
|
||
in the following ranges:
|
||
|
||
* ``MINYEAR <= year <= MAXYEAR``,
|
||
* ``1 <= month <= 12``,
|
||
* ``1 <= day <= number of days in the given month and year``,
|
||
* ``0 <= hour < 24``,
|
||
* ``0 <= minute < 60``,
|
||
* ``0 <= second < 60``,
|
||
* ``0 <= microsecond < 1000000``,
|
||
* ``fold in [0, 1]``.
|
||
|
||
If an argument outside those ranges is given, :exc:`ValueError` is raised.
|
||
|
||
.. versionadded:: 3.6
|
||
Added the ``fold`` argument.
|
||
|
||
Other constructors, all class methods:
|
||
|
||
.. classmethod:: datetime.today()
|
||
|
||
Return the current local datetime, with :attr:`.tzinfo` ``None``. This is
|
||
equivalent to ``datetime.fromtimestamp(time.time())``. See also :meth:`now`,
|
||
:meth:`fromtimestamp`.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. classmethod:: datetime.now(tz=None)
|
||
|
||
Return the current local date and time. If optional argument *tz* is ``None``
|
||
or not specified, this is like :meth:`today`, but, if possible, supplies more
|
||
precision than can be gotten from going through a :func:`time.time` timestamp
|
||
(for example, this may be possible on platforms supplying the C
|
||
:c:func:`gettimeofday` function).
|
||
|
||
If *tz* is not ``None``, it must be an instance of a :class:`tzinfo` subclass, and the
|
||
current date and time are converted to *tz*’s time zone. In this case the
|
||
result is equivalent to ``tz.fromutc(datetime.utcnow().replace(tzinfo=tz))``.
|
||
See also :meth:`today`, :meth:`utcnow`.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. classmethod:: datetime.utcnow()
|
||
|
||
Return the current UTC date and time, with :attr:`.tzinfo` ``None``. This is like
|
||
:meth:`now`, but returns the current UTC date and time, as a naive
|
||
:class:`.datetime` object. An aware current UTC datetime can be obtained by
|
||
calling ``datetime.now(timezone.utc)``. See also :meth:`now`.
|
||
|
||
.. classmethod:: datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp, tz=None)
|
||
|
||
Return the local date and time corresponding to the POSIX timestamp, such as is
|
||
returned by :func:`time.time`. If optional argument *tz* is ``None`` or not
|
||
specified, the timestamp is converted to the platform's local date and time, and
|
||
the returned :class:`.datetime` object is naive.
|
||
|
||
If *tz* is not ``None``, it must be an instance of a :class:`tzinfo` subclass, and the
|
||
timestamp is converted to *tz*’s time zone. In this case the result is
|
||
equivalent to
|
||
``tz.fromutc(datetime.utcfromtimestamp(timestamp).replace(tzinfo=tz))``.
|
||
|
||
:meth:`fromtimestamp` may raise :exc:`OverflowError`, if the timestamp is out of
|
||
the range of values supported by the platform C :c:func:`localtime` or
|
||
:c:func:`gmtime` functions, and :exc:`OSError` on :c:func:`localtime` or
|
||
:c:func:`gmtime` failure.
|
||
It's common for this to be restricted to years in
|
||
1970 through 2038. Note that on non-POSIX systems that include leap seconds in
|
||
their notion of a timestamp, leap seconds are ignored by :meth:`fromtimestamp`,
|
||
and then it's possible to have two timestamps differing by a second that yield
|
||
identical :class:`.datetime` objects. See also :meth:`utcfromtimestamp`.
|
||
|
||
.. versionchanged:: 3.3
|
||
Raise :exc:`OverflowError` instead of :exc:`ValueError` if the timestamp
|
||
is out of the range of values supported by the platform C
|
||
:c:func:`localtime` or :c:func:`gmtime` functions. Raise :exc:`OSError`
|
||
instead of :exc:`ValueError` on :c:func:`localtime` or :c:func:`gmtime`
|
||
failure.
|
||
|
||
.. versionchanged:: 3.6
|
||
:meth:`fromtimestamp` may return instances with :attr:`.fold` set to 1.
|
||
|
||
.. classmethod:: datetime.utcfromtimestamp(timestamp)
|
||
|
||
Return the UTC :class:`.datetime` corresponding to the POSIX timestamp, with
|
||
:attr:`.tzinfo` ``None``. This may raise :exc:`OverflowError`, if the timestamp is
|
||
out of the range of values supported by the platform C :c:func:`gmtime` function,
|
||
and :exc:`OSError` on :c:func:`gmtime` failure.
|
||
It's common for this to be restricted to years in 1970 through 2038.
|
||
|
||
To get an aware :class:`.datetime` object, call :meth:`fromtimestamp`::
|
||
|
||
datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp, timezone.utc)
|
||
|
||
On the POSIX compliant platforms, it is equivalent to the following
|
||
expression::
|
||
|
||
datetime(1970, 1, 1, tzinfo=timezone.utc) + timedelta(seconds=timestamp)
|
||
|
||
except the latter formula always supports the full years range: between
|
||
:const:`MINYEAR` and :const:`MAXYEAR` inclusive.
|
||
|
||
.. versionchanged:: 3.3
|
||
Raise :exc:`OverflowError` instead of :exc:`ValueError` if the timestamp
|
||
is out of the range of values supported by the platform C
|
||
:c:func:`gmtime` function. Raise :exc:`OSError` instead of
|
||
:exc:`ValueError` on :c:func:`gmtime` failure.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. classmethod:: datetime.fromordinal(ordinal)
|
||
|
||
Return the :class:`.datetime` corresponding to the proleptic Gregorian ordinal,
|
||
where January 1 of year 1 has ordinal 1. :exc:`ValueError` is raised unless ``1
|
||
<= ordinal <= datetime.max.toordinal()``. The hour, minute, second and
|
||
microsecond of the result are all 0, and :attr:`.tzinfo` is ``None``.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. classmethod:: datetime.combine(date, time, tzinfo=self.tzinfo)
|
||
|
||
Return a new :class:`.datetime` object whose date components are equal to the
|
||
given :class:`date` object's, and whose time components
|
||
are equal to the given :class:`.time` object's. If the *tzinfo*
|
||
argument is provided, its value is used to set the :attr:`.tzinfo` attribute
|
||
of the result, otherwise the :attr:`~.time.tzinfo` attribute of the *time* argument
|
||
is used.
|
||
|
||
For any :class:`.datetime` object *d*,
|
||
``d == datetime.combine(d.date(), d.time(), d.tzinfo)``. If date is a
|
||
:class:`.datetime` object, its time components and :attr:`.tzinfo` attributes
|
||
are ignored.
|
||
|
||
.. versionchanged:: 3.6
|
||
Added the *tzinfo* argument.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. classmethod:: datetime.strptime(date_string, format)
|
||
|
||
Return a :class:`.datetime` corresponding to *date_string*, parsed according to
|
||
*format*. This is equivalent to ``datetime(*(time.strptime(date_string,
|
||
format)[0:6]))``. :exc:`ValueError` is raised if the date_string and format
|
||
can't be parsed by :func:`time.strptime` or if it returns a value which isn't a
|
||
time tuple. For a complete list of formatting directives, see
|
||
:ref:`strftime-strptime-behavior`.
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
Class attributes:
|
||
|
||
.. attribute:: datetime.min
|
||
|
||
The earliest representable :class:`.datetime`, ``datetime(MINYEAR, 1, 1,
|
||
tzinfo=None)``.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. attribute:: datetime.max
|
||
|
||
The latest representable :class:`.datetime`, ``datetime(MAXYEAR, 12, 31, 23, 59,
|
||
59, 999999, tzinfo=None)``.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. attribute:: datetime.resolution
|
||
|
||
The smallest possible difference between non-equal :class:`.datetime` objects,
|
||
``timedelta(microseconds=1)``.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Instance attributes (read-only):
|
||
|
||
.. attribute:: datetime.year
|
||
|
||
Between :const:`MINYEAR` and :const:`MAXYEAR` inclusive.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. attribute:: datetime.month
|
||
|
||
Between 1 and 12 inclusive.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. attribute:: datetime.day
|
||
|
||
Between 1 and the number of days in the given month of the given year.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. attribute:: datetime.hour
|
||
|
||
In ``range(24)``.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. attribute:: datetime.minute
|
||
|
||
In ``range(60)``.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. attribute:: datetime.second
|
||
|
||
In ``range(60)``.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. attribute:: datetime.microsecond
|
||
|
||
In ``range(1000000)``.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. attribute:: datetime.tzinfo
|
||
|
||
The object passed as the *tzinfo* argument to the :class:`.datetime` constructor,
|
||
or ``None`` if none was passed.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. attribute:: datetime.fold
|
||
|
||
In ``[0, 1]``. Used to disambiguate wall times during a repeated interval. (A
|
||
repeated interval occurs when clocks are rolled back at the end of daylight saving
|
||
time or when the UTC offset for the current zone is decreased for political reasons.)
|
||
The value 0 (1) represents the earlier (later) of the two moments with the same wall
|
||
time representation.
|
||
|
||
.. versionadded:: 3.6
|
||
|
||
Supported operations:
|
||
|
||
+---------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
|
||
| Operation | Result |
|
||
+=======================================+================================+
|
||
| ``datetime2 = datetime1 + timedelta`` | \(1) |
|
||
+---------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
|
||
| ``datetime2 = datetime1 - timedelta`` | \(2) |
|
||
+---------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
|
||
| ``timedelta = datetime1 - datetime2`` | \(3) |
|
||
+---------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
|
||
| ``datetime1 < datetime2`` | Compares :class:`.datetime` to |
|
||
| | :class:`.datetime`. (4) |
|
||
+---------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
|
||
|
||
(1)
|
||
datetime2 is a duration of timedelta removed from datetime1, moving forward in
|
||
time if ``timedelta.days`` > 0, or backward if ``timedelta.days`` < 0. The
|
||
result has the same :attr:`~.datetime.tzinfo` attribute as the input datetime, and
|
||
datetime2 - datetime1 == timedelta after. :exc:`OverflowError` is raised if
|
||
datetime2.year would be smaller than :const:`MINYEAR` or larger than
|
||
:const:`MAXYEAR`. Note that no time zone adjustments are done even if the
|
||
input is an aware object.
|
||
|
||
(2)
|
||
Computes the datetime2 such that datetime2 + timedelta == datetime1. As for
|
||
addition, the result has the same :attr:`~.datetime.tzinfo` attribute as the input
|
||
datetime, and no time zone adjustments are done even if the input is aware.
|
||
This isn't quite equivalent to datetime1 + (-timedelta), because -timedelta
|
||
in isolation can overflow in cases where datetime1 - timedelta does not.
|
||
|
||
(3)
|
||
Subtraction of a :class:`.datetime` from a :class:`.datetime` is defined only if
|
||
both operands are naive, or if both are aware. If one is aware and the other is
|
||
naive, :exc:`TypeError` is raised.
|
||
|
||
If both are naive, or both are aware and have the same :attr:`~.datetime.tzinfo` attribute,
|
||
the :attr:`~.datetime.tzinfo` attributes are ignored, and the result is a :class:`timedelta`
|
||
object *t* such that ``datetime2 + t == datetime1``. No time zone adjustments
|
||
are done in this case.
|
||
|
||
If both are aware and have different :attr:`~.datetime.tzinfo` attributes, ``a-b`` acts
|
||
as if *a* and *b* were first converted to naive UTC datetimes first. The
|
||
result is ``(a.replace(tzinfo=None) - a.utcoffset()) - (b.replace(tzinfo=None)
|
||
- b.utcoffset())`` except that the implementation never overflows.
|
||
|
||
(4)
|
||
*datetime1* is considered less than *datetime2* when *datetime1* precedes
|
||
*datetime2* in time.
|
||
|
||
If one comparand is naive and the other is aware, :exc:`TypeError`
|
||
is raised if an order comparison is attempted. For equality
|
||
comparisons, naive instances are never equal to aware instances.
|
||
|
||
If both comparands are aware, and have the same :attr:`~.datetime.tzinfo` attribute, the
|
||
common :attr:`~.datetime.tzinfo` attribute is ignored and the base datetimes are
|
||
compared. If both comparands are aware and have different :attr:`~.datetime.tzinfo`
|
||
attributes, the comparands are first adjusted by subtracting their UTC
|
||
offsets (obtained from ``self.utcoffset()``).
|
||
|
||
.. versionchanged:: 3.3
|
||
Equality comparisons between naive and aware :class:`.datetime`
|
||
instances don't raise :exc:`TypeError`.
|
||
|
||
.. note::
|
||
|
||
In order to stop comparison from falling back to the default scheme of comparing
|
||
object addresses, datetime comparison normally raises :exc:`TypeError` if the
|
||
other comparand isn't also a :class:`.datetime` object. However,
|
||
``NotImplemented`` is returned instead if the other comparand has a
|
||
:meth:`timetuple` attribute. This hook gives other kinds of date objects a
|
||
chance at implementing mixed-type comparison. If not, when a :class:`.datetime`
|
||
object is compared to an object of a different type, :exc:`TypeError` is raised
|
||
unless the comparison is ``==`` or ``!=``. The latter cases return
|
||
:const:`False` or :const:`True`, respectively.
|
||
|
||
:class:`.datetime` objects can be used as dictionary keys. In Boolean contexts,
|
||
all :class:`.datetime` objects are considered to be true.
|
||
|
||
Instance methods:
|
||
|
||
.. method:: datetime.date()
|
||
|
||
Return :class:`date` object with same year, month and day.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. method:: datetime.time()
|
||
|
||
Return :class:`.time` object with same hour, minute, second, microsecond and fold.
|
||
:attr:`.tzinfo` is ``None``. See also method :meth:`timetz`.
|
||
|
||
.. versionchanged:: 3.6
|
||
The fold value is copied to the returned :class:`.time` object.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. method:: datetime.timetz()
|
||
|
||
Return :class:`.time` object with same hour, minute, second, microsecond, fold, and
|
||
tzinfo attributes. See also method :meth:`time`.
|
||
|
||
.. versionchanged:: 3.6
|
||
The fold value is copied to the returned :class:`.time` object.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. method:: datetime.replace(year=self.year, month=self.month, day=self.day, \
|
||
hour=self.hour, minute=self.minute, second=self.second, microsecond=self.microsecond, \
|
||
tzinfo=self.tzinfo, * fold=0)
|
||
|
||
Return a datetime with the same attributes, except for those attributes given
|
||
new values by whichever keyword arguments are specified. Note that
|
||
``tzinfo=None`` can be specified to create a naive datetime from an aware
|
||
datetime with no conversion of date and time data.
|
||
|
||
.. versionadded:: 3.6
|
||
Added the ``fold`` argument.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. method:: datetime.astimezone(tz=None)
|
||
|
||
Return a :class:`.datetime` object with new :attr:`.tzinfo` attribute *tz*,
|
||
adjusting the date and time data so the result is the same UTC time as
|
||
*self*, but in *tz*'s local time.
|
||
|
||
If provided, *tz* must be an instance of a :class:`tzinfo` subclass, and its
|
||
:meth:`utcoffset` and :meth:`dst` methods must not return ``None``. If *self*
|
||
is naive (``self.tzinfo is None``), it is presumed to represent time in the
|
||
system timezone.
|
||
|
||
If called without arguments (or with ``tz=None``) the system local
|
||
timezone is assumed for the target timezone. The ``.tzinfo`` attribute of the converted
|
||
datetime instance will be set to an instance of :class:`timezone`
|
||
with the zone name and offset obtained from the OS.
|
||
|
||
If ``self.tzinfo`` is *tz*, ``self.astimezone(tz)`` is equal to *self*: no
|
||
adjustment of date or time data is performed. Else the result is local
|
||
time in the timezone *tz*, representing the same UTC time as *self*: after
|
||
``astz = dt.astimezone(tz)``, ``astz - astz.utcoffset()`` will have
|
||
the same date and time data as ``dt - dt.utcoffset()``.
|
||
|
||
If you merely want to attach a time zone object *tz* to a datetime *dt* without
|
||
adjustment of date and time data, use ``dt.replace(tzinfo=tz)``. If you
|
||
merely want to remove the time zone object from an aware datetime *dt* without
|
||
conversion of date and time data, use ``dt.replace(tzinfo=None)``.
|
||
|
||
Note that the default :meth:`tzinfo.fromutc` method can be overridden in a
|
||
:class:`tzinfo` subclass to affect the result returned by :meth:`astimezone`.
|
||
Ignoring error cases, :meth:`astimezone` acts like::
|
||
|
||
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)
|
||
|
||
.. versionchanged:: 3.3
|
||
*tz* now can be omitted.
|
||
|
||
.. versionchanged:: 3.6
|
||
The :meth:`astimezone` method can now be called on naive instances that
|
||
are presumed to represent system local time.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. method:: datetime.utcoffset()
|
||
|
||
If :attr:`.tzinfo` is ``None``, returns ``None``, else returns
|
||
``self.tzinfo.utcoffset(self)``, and raises an exception if the latter doesn't
|
||
return ``None``, or a :class:`timedelta` object representing a whole number of
|
||
minutes with magnitude less than one day.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. method:: datetime.dst()
|
||
|
||
If :attr:`.tzinfo` is ``None``, returns ``None``, else returns
|
||
``self.tzinfo.dst(self)``, and raises an exception if the latter doesn't return
|
||
``None``, or a :class:`timedelta` object representing a whole number of minutes
|
||
with magnitude less than one day.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. method:: datetime.tzname()
|
||
|
||
If :attr:`.tzinfo` is ``None``, returns ``None``, else returns
|
||
``self.tzinfo.tzname(self)``, raises an exception if the latter doesn't return
|
||
``None`` or a string object,
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. method:: datetime.timetuple()
|
||
|
||
Return a :class:`time.struct_time` such as returned by :func:`time.localtime`.
|
||
``d.timetuple()`` is equivalent to ``time.struct_time((d.year, d.month, d.day,
|
||
d.hour, d.minute, d.second, d.weekday(), yday, dst))``, where ``yday =
|
||
d.toordinal() - date(d.year, 1, 1).toordinal() + 1`` is the day number within
|
||
the current year starting with ``1`` for January 1st. The :attr:`tm_isdst` flag
|
||
of the result is set according to the :meth:`dst` method: :attr:`.tzinfo` is
|
||
``None`` or :meth:`dst` returns ``None``, :attr:`tm_isdst` is set to ``-1``;
|
||
else if :meth:`dst` returns a non-zero value, :attr:`tm_isdst` is set to ``1``;
|
||
else :attr:`tm_isdst` is set to ``0``.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. method:: datetime.utctimetuple()
|
||
|
||
If :class:`.datetime` instance *d* is naive, this is the same as
|
||
``d.timetuple()`` except that :attr:`tm_isdst` is forced to 0 regardless of what
|
||
``d.dst()`` returns. DST is never in effect for a UTC time.
|
||
|
||
If *d* is aware, *d* is normalized to UTC time, by subtracting
|
||
``d.utcoffset()``, and a :class:`time.struct_time` for the
|
||
normalized time is returned. :attr:`tm_isdst` is forced to 0. Note
|
||
that an :exc:`OverflowError` may be raised if *d*.year was
|
||
``MINYEAR`` or ``MAXYEAR`` and UTC adjustment spills over a year
|
||
boundary.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. method:: datetime.toordinal()
|
||
|
||
Return the proleptic Gregorian ordinal of the date. The same as
|
||
``self.date().toordinal()``.
|
||
|
||
.. method:: datetime.timestamp()
|
||
|
||
Return POSIX timestamp corresponding to the :class:`.datetime`
|
||
instance. The return value is a :class:`float` similar to that
|
||
returned by :func:`time.time`.
|
||
|
||
Naive :class:`.datetime` instances are assumed to represent local
|
||
time and this method relies on the platform C :c:func:`mktime`
|
||
function to perform the conversion. Since :class:`.datetime`
|
||
supports wider range of values than :c:func:`mktime` on many
|
||
platforms, this method may raise :exc:`OverflowError` for times far
|
||
in the past or far in the future.
|
||
|
||
For aware :class:`.datetime` instances, the return value is computed
|
||
as::
|
||
|
||
(dt - datetime(1970, 1, 1, tzinfo=timezone.utc)).total_seconds()
|
||
|
||
.. versionadded:: 3.3
|
||
|
||
.. versionchanged:: 3.6
|
||
The :meth:`timestamp` method uses the :attr:`.fold` attribute to
|
||
disambiguate the times during a repeated interval.
|
||
|
||
.. note::
|
||
|
||
There is no method to obtain the POSIX timestamp directly from a
|
||
naive :class:`.datetime` instance representing UTC time. If your
|
||
application uses this convention and your system timezone is not
|
||
set to UTC, you can obtain the POSIX timestamp by supplying
|
||
``tzinfo=timezone.utc``::
|
||
|
||
timestamp = dt.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc).timestamp()
|
||
|
||
or by calculating the timestamp directly::
|
||
|
||
timestamp = (dt - datetime(1970, 1, 1)) / timedelta(seconds=1)
|
||
|
||
.. method:: datetime.weekday()
|
||
|
||
Return the day of the week as an integer, where Monday is 0 and Sunday is 6.
|
||
The same as ``self.date().weekday()``. See also :meth:`isoweekday`.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. method:: datetime.isoweekday()
|
||
|
||
Return the day of the week as an integer, where Monday is 1 and Sunday is 7.
|
||
The same as ``self.date().isoweekday()``. See also :meth:`weekday`,
|
||
:meth:`isocalendar`.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. method:: datetime.isocalendar()
|
||
|
||
Return a 3-tuple, (ISO year, ISO week number, ISO weekday). The same as
|
||
``self.date().isocalendar()``.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. method:: datetime.isoformat(sep='T', timespec='auto')
|
||
|
||
Return a string representing the date and time in ISO 8601 format,
|
||
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.mmmmmm or, if :attr:`microsecond` is 0,
|
||
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS
|
||
|
||
If :meth:`utcoffset` does not return ``None``, a 6-character string is
|
||
appended, giving the UTC offset in (signed) hours and minutes:
|
||
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.mmmmmm+HH:MM or, if :attr:`microsecond` is 0
|
||
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+HH:MM
|
||
|
||
The optional argument *sep* (default ``'T'``) is a one-character separator,
|
||
placed between the date and time portions of the result. For example,
|
||
|
||
>>> from datetime import tzinfo, timedelta, datetime
|
||
>>> class TZ(tzinfo):
|
||
... def utcoffset(self, dt): return timedelta(minutes=-399)
|
||
...
|
||
>>> datetime(2002, 12, 25, tzinfo=TZ()).isoformat(' ')
|
||
'2002-12-25 00:00:00-06:39'
|
||
|
||
The optional argument *timespec* specifies the number of additional
|
||
components of the time to include (the default is ``'auto'``).
|
||
It can be one of the following:
|
||
|
||
- ``'auto'``: Same as ``'seconds'`` if :attr:`microsecond` is 0,
|
||
same as ``'microseconds'`` otherwise.
|
||
- ``'hours'``: Include the :attr:`hour` in the two-digit HH format.
|
||
- ``'minutes'``: Include :attr:`hour` and :attr:`minute` in HH:MM format.
|
||
- ``'seconds'``: Include :attr:`hour`, :attr:`minute`, and :attr:`second`
|
||
in HH:MM:SS format.
|
||
- ``'milliseconds'``: Include full time, but truncate fractional second
|
||
part to milliseconds. HH:MM:SS.sss format.
|
||
- ``'microseconds'``: Include full time in HH:MM:SS.mmmmmm format.
|
||
|
||
.. note::
|
||
|
||
Excluded time components are truncated, not rounded.
|
||
|
||
:exc:`ValueError` will be raised on an invalid *timespec* argument.
|
||
|
||
|
||
>>> from datetime import datetime
|
||
>>> datetime.now().isoformat(timespec='minutes') # doctest: +SKIP
|
||
'2002-12-25T00:00'
|
||
>>> dt = datetime(2015, 1, 1, 12, 30, 59, 0)
|
||
>>> dt.isoformat(timespec='microseconds')
|
||
'2015-01-01T12:30:59.000000'
|
||
|
||
.. versionadded:: 3.6
|
||
Added the *timespec* argument.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. method:: datetime.__str__()
|
||
|
||
For a :class:`.datetime` instance *d*, ``str(d)`` is equivalent to
|
||
``d.isoformat(' ')``.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. method:: datetime.ctime()
|
||
|
||
Return a string representing the date and time, for example ``datetime(2002, 12,
|
||
4, 20, 30, 40).ctime() == 'Wed Dec 4 20:30:40 2002'``. ``d.ctime()`` is
|
||
equivalent to ``time.ctime(time.mktime(d.timetuple()))`` on platforms where the
|
||
native C :c:func:`ctime` function (which :func:`time.ctime` invokes, but which
|
||
:meth:`datetime.ctime` does not invoke) conforms to the C standard.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. method:: datetime.strftime(format)
|
||
|
||
Return a string representing the date and time, controlled by an explicit format
|
||
string. For a complete list of formatting directives, see
|
||
:ref:`strftime-strptime-behavior`.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. method:: datetime.__format__(format)
|
||
|
||
Same as :meth:`.datetime.strftime`. This makes it possible to specify a format
|
||
string for a :class:`.datetime` object in :ref:`formatted string
|
||
literals <f-strings>` and when using :meth:`str.format`. For a
|
||
complete list of formatting directives, see
|
||
:ref:`strftime-strptime-behavior`.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Examples of working with datetime objects:
|
||
|
||
.. doctest::
|
||
|
||
>>> from datetime import datetime, date, time
|
||
>>> # Using datetime.combine()
|
||
>>> d = date(2005, 7, 14)
|
||
>>> t = time(12, 30)
|
||
>>> datetime.combine(d, t)
|
||
datetime.datetime(2005, 7, 14, 12, 30)
|
||
>>> # Using datetime.now() or datetime.utcnow()
|
||
>>> datetime.now() # doctest: +SKIP
|
||
datetime.datetime(2007, 12, 6, 16, 29, 43, 79043) # GMT +1
|
||
>>> datetime.utcnow() # doctest: +SKIP
|
||
datetime.datetime(2007, 12, 6, 15, 29, 43, 79060)
|
||
>>> # Using datetime.strptime()
|
||
>>> dt = datetime.strptime("21/11/06 16:30", "%d/%m/%y %H:%M")
|
||
>>> dt
|
||
datetime.datetime(2006, 11, 21, 16, 30)
|
||
>>> # Using datetime.timetuple() to get tuple of all attributes
|
||
>>> tt = dt.timetuple()
|
||
>>> for it in tt: # doctest: +SKIP
|
||
... print(it)
|
||
...
|
||
2006 # year
|
||
11 # month
|
||
21 # day
|
||
16 # hour
|
||
30 # minute
|
||
0 # second
|
||
1 # weekday (0 = Monday)
|
||
325 # number of days since 1st January
|
||
-1 # dst - method tzinfo.dst() returned None
|
||
>>> # Date in ISO format
|
||
>>> ic = dt.isocalendar()
|
||
>>> for it in ic: # doctest: +SKIP
|
||
... print(it)
|
||
...
|
||
2006 # ISO year
|
||
47 # ISO week
|
||
2 # ISO weekday
|
||
>>> # Formatting datetime
|
||
>>> dt.strftime("%A, %d. %B %Y %I:%M%p")
|
||
'Tuesday, 21. November 2006 04:30PM'
|
||
>>> 'The {1} is {0:%d}, the {2} is {0:%B}, the {3} is {0:%I:%M%p}.'.format(dt, "day", "month", "time")
|
||
'The day is 21, the month is November, the time is 04:30PM.'
|
||
|
||
Using datetime with tzinfo:
|
||
|
||
>>> from datetime import timedelta, datetime, tzinfo
|
||
>>> class GMT1(tzinfo):
|
||
... def utcoffset(self, dt):
|
||
... return timedelta(hours=1) + self.dst(dt)
|
||
... def dst(self, dt):
|
||
... # DST starts last Sunday in March
|
||
... d = datetime(dt.year, 4, 1) # ends last Sunday in October
|
||
... self.dston = d - timedelta(days=d.weekday() + 1)
|
||
... d = datetime(dt.year, 11, 1)
|
||
... self.dstoff = d - timedelta(days=d.weekday() + 1)
|
||
... if self.dston <= dt.replace(tzinfo=None) < self.dstoff:
|
||
... return timedelta(hours=1)
|
||
... else:
|
||
... return timedelta(0)
|
||
... def tzname(self,dt):
|
||
... return "GMT +1"
|
||
...
|
||
>>> class GMT2(tzinfo):
|
||
... def utcoffset(self, dt):
|
||
... return timedelta(hours=2) + self.dst(dt)
|
||
... def dst(self, dt):
|
||
... d = datetime(dt.year, 4, 1)
|
||
... self.dston = d - timedelta(days=d.weekday() + 1)
|
||
... d = datetime(dt.year, 11, 1)
|
||
... self.dstoff = d - timedelta(days=d.weekday() + 1)
|
||
... if self.dston <= dt.replace(tzinfo=None) < self.dstoff:
|
||
... return timedelta(hours=1)
|
||
... else:
|
||
... return timedelta(0)
|
||
... def tzname(self,dt):
|
||
... return "GMT +2"
|
||
...
|
||
>>> gmt1 = GMT1()
|
||
>>> # Daylight Saving Time
|
||
>>> dt1 = datetime(2006, 11, 21, 16, 30, tzinfo=gmt1)
|
||
>>> dt1.dst()
|
||
datetime.timedelta(0)
|
||
>>> dt1.utcoffset()
|
||
datetime.timedelta(0, 3600)
|
||
>>> dt2 = datetime(2006, 6, 14, 13, 0, tzinfo=gmt1)
|
||
>>> dt2.dst()
|
||
datetime.timedelta(0, 3600)
|
||
>>> dt2.utcoffset()
|
||
datetime.timedelta(0, 7200)
|
||
>>> # Convert datetime to another time zone
|
||
>>> dt3 = dt2.astimezone(GMT2())
|
||
>>> dt3 # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
|
||
datetime.datetime(2006, 6, 14, 14, 0, tzinfo=<GMT2 object at 0x...>)
|
||
>>> dt2 # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
|
||
datetime.datetime(2006, 6, 14, 13, 0, tzinfo=<GMT1 object at 0x...>)
|
||
>>> dt2.utctimetuple() == dt3.utctimetuple()
|
||
True
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. _datetime-time:
|
||
|
||
:class:`.time` Objects
|
||
----------------------
|
||
|
||
A time object represents a (local) time of day, independent of any particular
|
||
day, and subject to adjustment via a :class:`tzinfo` object.
|
||
|
||
.. class:: time(hour=0, minute=0, second=0, microsecond=0, tzinfo=None, *, fold=0)
|
||
|
||
All arguments are optional. *tzinfo* may be ``None``, or an instance of a
|
||
:class:`tzinfo` subclass. The remaining arguments may be integers, in the
|
||
following ranges:
|
||
|
||
* ``0 <= hour < 24``,
|
||
* ``0 <= minute < 60``,
|
||
* ``0 <= second < 60``,
|
||
* ``0 <= microsecond < 1000000``,
|
||
* ``fold in [0, 1]``.
|
||
|
||
If an argument outside those ranges is given, :exc:`ValueError` is raised. All
|
||
default to ``0`` except *tzinfo*, which defaults to :const:`None`.
|
||
|
||
Class attributes:
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. attribute:: time.min
|
||
|
||
The earliest representable :class:`.time`, ``time(0, 0, 0, 0)``.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. attribute:: time.max
|
||
|
||
The latest representable :class:`.time`, ``time(23, 59, 59, 999999)``.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. attribute:: time.resolution
|
||
|
||
The smallest possible difference between non-equal :class:`.time` objects,
|
||
``timedelta(microseconds=1)``, although note that arithmetic on
|
||
:class:`.time` objects is not supported.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Instance attributes (read-only):
|
||
|
||
.. attribute:: time.hour
|
||
|
||
In ``range(24)``.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. attribute:: time.minute
|
||
|
||
In ``range(60)``.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. attribute:: time.second
|
||
|
||
In ``range(60)``.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. attribute:: time.microsecond
|
||
|
||
In ``range(1000000)``.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. attribute:: time.tzinfo
|
||
|
||
The object passed as the tzinfo argument to the :class:`.time` constructor, or
|
||
``None`` if none was passed.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. attribute:: time.fold
|
||
|
||
In ``[0, 1]``. Used to disambiguate wall times during a repeated interval. (A
|
||
repeated interval occurs when clocks are rolled back at the end of daylight saving
|
||
time or when the UTC offset for the current zone is decreased for political reasons.)
|
||
The value 0 (1) represents the earlier (later) of the two moments with the same wall
|
||
time representation.
|
||
|
||
.. versionadded:: 3.6
|
||
|
||
|
||
Supported operations:
|
||
|
||
* comparison of :class:`.time` to :class:`.time`, where *a* is considered less
|
||
than *b* when *a* precedes *b* in time. If one comparand is naive and the other
|
||
is aware, :exc:`TypeError` is raised if an order comparison is attempted. For equality
|
||
comparisons, naive instances are never equal to aware instances.
|
||
|
||
If both comparands are aware, and have
|
||
the same :attr:`~time.tzinfo` attribute, the common :attr:`~time.tzinfo` attribute is
|
||
ignored and the base times are compared. If both comparands are aware and
|
||
have different :attr:`~time.tzinfo` attributes, the comparands are first adjusted by
|
||
subtracting their UTC offsets (obtained from ``self.utcoffset()``). In order
|
||
to stop mixed-type comparisons from falling back to the default comparison by
|
||
object address, when a :class:`.time` object is compared to an object of a
|
||
different type, :exc:`TypeError` is raised unless the comparison is ``==`` or
|
||
``!=``. The latter cases return :const:`False` or :const:`True`, respectively.
|
||
|
||
.. versionchanged:: 3.3
|
||
Equality comparisons between naive and aware :class:`~datetime.time` instances
|
||
don't raise :exc:`TypeError`.
|
||
|
||
* hash, use as dict key
|
||
|
||
* efficient pickling
|
||
|
||
In boolean contexts, a :class:`.time` object is always considered to be true.
|
||
|
||
.. versionchanged:: 3.5
|
||
Before Python 3.5, a :class:`.time` object was considered to be false if it
|
||
represented midnight in UTC. This behavior was considered obscure and
|
||
error-prone and has been removed in Python 3.5. See :issue:`13936` for full
|
||
details.
|
||
|
||
Instance methods:
|
||
|
||
.. method:: time.replace(hour=self.hour, minute=self.minute, second=self.second, \
|
||
microsecond=self.microsecond, tzinfo=self.tzinfo, * fold=0)
|
||
|
||
Return a :class:`.time` with the same value, except for those attributes given
|
||
new values by whichever keyword arguments are specified. Note that
|
||
``tzinfo=None`` can be specified to create a naive :class:`.time` from an
|
||
aware :class:`.time`, without conversion of the time data.
|
||
|
||
.. versionadded:: 3.6
|
||
Added the ``fold`` argument.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. method:: time.isoformat(timespec='auto')
|
||
|
||
Return a string representing the time in ISO 8601 format, HH:MM:SS.mmmmmm or, if
|
||
:attr:`microsecond` is 0, HH:MM:SS If :meth:`utcoffset` does not return ``None``, a
|
||
6-character string is appended, giving the UTC offset in (signed) hours and
|
||
minutes: HH:MM:SS.mmmmmm+HH:MM or, if self.microsecond is 0, HH:MM:SS+HH:MM
|
||
|
||
The optional argument *timespec* specifies the number of additional
|
||
components of the time to include (the default is ``'auto'``).
|
||
It can be one of the following:
|
||
|
||
- ``'auto'``: Same as ``'seconds'`` if :attr:`microsecond` is 0,
|
||
same as ``'microseconds'`` otherwise.
|
||
- ``'hours'``: Include the :attr:`hour` in the two-digit HH format.
|
||
- ``'minutes'``: Include :attr:`hour` and :attr:`minute` in HH:MM format.
|
||
- ``'seconds'``: Include :attr:`hour`, :attr:`minute`, and :attr:`second`
|
||
in HH:MM:SS format.
|
||
- ``'milliseconds'``: Include full time, but truncate fractional second
|
||
part to milliseconds. HH:MM:SS.sss format.
|
||
- ``'microseconds'``: Include full time in HH:MM:SS.mmmmmm format.
|
||
|
||
.. note::
|
||
|
||
Excluded time components are truncated, not rounded.
|
||
|
||
:exc:`ValueError` will be raised on an invalid *timespec* argument.
|
||
|
||
|
||
>>> from datetime import time
|
||
>>> time(hour=12, minute=34, second=56, microsecond=123456).isoformat(timespec='minutes')
|
||
'12:34'
|
||
>>> dt = time(hour=12, minute=34, second=56, microsecond=0)
|
||
>>> dt.isoformat(timespec='microseconds')
|
||
'12:34:56.000000'
|
||
>>> dt.isoformat(timespec='auto')
|
||
'12:34:56'
|
||
|
||
.. versionadded:: 3.6
|
||
Added the *timespec* argument.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. method:: time.__str__()
|
||
|
||
For a time *t*, ``str(t)`` is equivalent to ``t.isoformat()``.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. method:: time.strftime(format)
|
||
|
||
Return a string representing the time, controlled by an explicit format
|
||
string. For a complete list of formatting directives, see
|
||
:ref:`strftime-strptime-behavior`.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. method:: time.__format__(format)
|
||
|
||
Same as :meth:`.time.strftime`. This makes it possible to specify a format string
|
||
for a :class:`.time` object in :ref:`formatted string
|
||
literals <f-strings>` and when using :meth:`str.format`. For a
|
||
complete list of formatting directives, see
|
||
:ref:`strftime-strptime-behavior`.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. method:: time.utcoffset()
|
||
|
||
If :attr:`.tzinfo` is ``None``, returns ``None``, else returns
|
||
``self.tzinfo.utcoffset(None)``, and raises an exception if the latter doesn't
|
||
return ``None`` or a :class:`timedelta` object representing a whole number of
|
||
minutes with magnitude less than one day.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. method:: time.dst()
|
||
|
||
If :attr:`.tzinfo` is ``None``, returns ``None``, else returns
|
||
``self.tzinfo.dst(None)``, and raises an exception if the latter doesn't return
|
||
``None``, or a :class:`timedelta` object representing a whole number of minutes
|
||
with magnitude less than one day.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. method:: time.tzname()
|
||
|
||
If :attr:`.tzinfo` is ``None``, returns ``None``, else returns
|
||
``self.tzinfo.tzname(None)``, or raises an exception if the latter doesn't
|
||
return ``None`` or a string object.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Example:
|
||
|
||
>>> from datetime import time, tzinfo, timedelta
|
||
>>> class GMT1(tzinfo):
|
||
... def utcoffset(self, dt):
|
||
... return timedelta(hours=1)
|
||
... def dst(self, dt):
|
||
... return timedelta(0)
|
||
... def tzname(self,dt):
|
||
... return "Europe/Prague"
|
||
...
|
||
>>> t = time(12, 10, 30, tzinfo=GMT1())
|
||
>>> t # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
|
||
datetime.time(12, 10, 30, tzinfo=<GMT1 object at 0x...>)
|
||
>>> gmt = GMT1()
|
||
>>> t.isoformat()
|
||
'12:10:30+01:00'
|
||
>>> t.dst()
|
||
datetime.timedelta(0)
|
||
>>> t.tzname()
|
||
'Europe/Prague'
|
||
>>> t.strftime("%H:%M:%S %Z")
|
||
'12:10:30 Europe/Prague'
|
||
>>> 'The {} is {:%H:%M}.'.format("time", t)
|
||
'The time is 12:10.'
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. _datetime-tzinfo:
|
||
|
||
:class:`tzinfo` Objects
|
||
-----------------------
|
||
|
||
.. class:: tzinfo()
|
||
|
||
This is an abstract base class, meaning that this class should not be
|
||
instantiated directly. You need to derive a concrete subclass, and (at least)
|
||
supply implementations of the standard :class:`tzinfo` methods needed by the
|
||
:class:`.datetime` methods you use. The :mod:`datetime` module supplies
|
||
a simple concrete subclass of :class:`tzinfo`, :class:`timezone`, which can represent
|
||
timezones with fixed offset from UTC such as UTC itself or North American EST and
|
||
EDT.
|
||
|
||
An instance of (a concrete subclass of) :class:`tzinfo` can be passed to the
|
||
constructors for :class:`.datetime` and :class:`.time` objects. The latter objects
|
||
view their attributes as being in local time, and the :class:`tzinfo` object
|
||
supports methods revealing offset of local time from UTC, the name of the time
|
||
zone, and DST offset, all relative to a date or time object passed to them.
|
||
|
||
Special requirement for pickling: A :class:`tzinfo` subclass must have an
|
||
:meth:`__init__` method that can be called with no arguments, else it can be
|
||
pickled but possibly not unpickled again. This is a technical requirement that
|
||
may be relaxed in the future.
|
||
|
||
A concrete subclass of :class:`tzinfo` may need to implement the following
|
||
methods. Exactly which methods are needed depends on the uses made of aware
|
||
:mod:`datetime` objects. If in doubt, simply implement all of them.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. method:: tzinfo.utcoffset(dt)
|
||
|
||
Return offset of local time from UTC, in minutes east of UTC. If local time is
|
||
west of UTC, this should be negative. Note that this is intended to be the
|
||
total offset from UTC; for example, if a :class:`tzinfo` object represents both
|
||
time zone and DST adjustments, :meth:`utcoffset` should return their sum. If
|
||
the UTC offset isn't known, return ``None``. Else the value returned must be a
|
||
:class:`timedelta` object specifying a whole number of minutes in the range
|
||
-1439 to 1439 inclusive (1440 = 24\*60; the magnitude of the offset must be less
|
||
than one day). Most implementations of :meth:`utcoffset` will probably look
|
||
like one of these two::
|
||
|
||
return CONSTANT # fixed-offset class
|
||
return CONSTANT + self.dst(dt) # daylight-aware class
|
||
|
||
If :meth:`utcoffset` does not return ``None``, :meth:`dst` should not return
|
||
``None`` either.
|
||
|
||
The default implementation of :meth:`utcoffset` raises
|
||
:exc:`NotImplementedError`.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. method:: tzinfo.dst(dt)
|
||
|
||
Return the daylight saving time (DST) adjustment, in minutes east of UTC, or
|
||
``None`` if DST information isn't known. Return ``timedelta(0)`` if DST is not
|
||
in effect. If DST is in effect, return the offset as a :class:`timedelta` object
|
||
(see :meth:`utcoffset` for details). Note that DST offset, if applicable, has
|
||
already been added to the UTC offset returned by :meth:`utcoffset`, so there's
|
||
no need to consult :meth:`dst` unless you're interested in obtaining DST info
|
||
separately. For example, :meth:`datetime.timetuple` calls its :attr:`~.datetime.tzinfo`
|
||
attribute's :meth:`dst` method to determine how the :attr:`tm_isdst` flag
|
||
should be set, and :meth:`tzinfo.fromutc` calls :meth:`dst` to account for
|
||
DST changes when crossing time zones.
|
||
|
||
An instance *tz* of a :class:`tzinfo` subclass that models both standard and
|
||
daylight times must be consistent in this sense:
|
||
|
||
``tz.utcoffset(dt) - tz.dst(dt)``
|
||
|
||
must return the same result for every :class:`.datetime` *dt* with ``dt.tzinfo ==
|
||
tz`` For sane :class:`tzinfo` subclasses, this expression yields the time
|
||
zone's "standard offset", which should not depend on the date or the time, but
|
||
only on geographic location. The implementation of :meth:`datetime.astimezone`
|
||
relies on this, but cannot detect violations; it's the programmer's
|
||
responsibility to ensure it. If a :class:`tzinfo` subclass cannot guarantee
|
||
this, it may be able to override the default implementation of
|
||
:meth:`tzinfo.fromutc` to work correctly with :meth:`astimezone` regardless.
|
||
|
||
Most implementations of :meth:`dst` will probably look like one of these two::
|
||
|
||
def dst(self, dt):
|
||
# a fixed-offset class: doesn't account for DST
|
||
return timedelta(0)
|
||
|
||
or ::
|
||
|
||
def dst(self, dt):
|
||
# Code to set dston and dstoff to the time zone's DST
|
||
# transition times based on the input dt.year, and expressed
|
||
# in standard local time. Then
|
||
|
||
if dston <= dt.replace(tzinfo=None) < dstoff:
|
||
return timedelta(hours=1)
|
||
else:
|
||
return timedelta(0)
|
||
|
||
The default implementation of :meth:`dst` raises :exc:`NotImplementedError`.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. method:: tzinfo.tzname(dt)
|
||
|
||
Return the time zone name corresponding to the :class:`.datetime` object *dt*, as
|
||
a string. Nothing about string names is defined by the :mod:`datetime` module,
|
||
and there's no requirement that it mean anything in particular. For example,
|
||
"GMT", "UTC", "-500", "-5:00", "EDT", "US/Eastern", "America/New York" are all
|
||
valid replies. Return ``None`` if a string name isn't known. Note that this is
|
||
a method rather than a fixed string primarily because some :class:`tzinfo`
|
||
subclasses will wish to return different names depending on the specific value
|
||
of *dt* passed, especially if the :class:`tzinfo` class is accounting for
|
||
daylight time.
|
||
|
||
The default implementation of :meth:`tzname` raises :exc:`NotImplementedError`.
|
||
|
||
|
||
These methods are called by a :class:`.datetime` or :class:`.time` object, in
|
||
response to their methods of the same names. A :class:`.datetime` object passes
|
||
itself as the argument, and a :class:`.time` object passes ``None`` as the
|
||
argument. A :class:`tzinfo` subclass's methods should therefore be prepared to
|
||
accept a *dt* argument of ``None``, or of class :class:`.datetime`.
|
||
|
||
When ``None`` is passed, it's up to the class designer to decide the best
|
||
response. For example, returning ``None`` is appropriate if the class wishes to
|
||
say that time objects don't participate in the :class:`tzinfo` protocols. It
|
||
may be more useful for ``utcoffset(None)`` to return the standard UTC offset, as
|
||
there is no other convention for discovering the standard offset.
|
||
|
||
When a :class:`.datetime` object is passed in response to a :class:`.datetime`
|
||
method, ``dt.tzinfo`` is the same object as *self*. :class:`tzinfo` methods can
|
||
rely on this, unless user code calls :class:`tzinfo` methods directly. The
|
||
intent is that the :class:`tzinfo` methods interpret *dt* as being in local
|
||
time, and not need worry about objects in other timezones.
|
||
|
||
There is one more :class:`tzinfo` method that a subclass may wish to override:
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. method:: tzinfo.fromutc(dt)
|
||
|
||
This is called from the default :class:`datetime.astimezone()`
|
||
implementation. When called from that, ``dt.tzinfo`` is *self*, and *dt*'s
|
||
date and time data are to be viewed as expressing a UTC time. The purpose
|
||
of :meth:`fromutc` is to adjust the date and time data, returning an
|
||
equivalent datetime in *self*'s local time.
|
||
|
||
Most :class:`tzinfo` subclasses should be able to inherit the default
|
||
:meth:`fromutc` implementation without problems. It's strong enough to handle
|
||
fixed-offset time zones, and time zones accounting for both standard and
|
||
daylight time, and the latter even if the DST transition times differ in
|
||
different years. An example of a time zone the default :meth:`fromutc`
|
||
implementation may not handle correctly in all cases is one where the standard
|
||
offset (from UTC) depends on the specific date and time passed, which can happen
|
||
for political reasons. The default implementations of :meth:`astimezone` and
|
||
:meth:`fromutc` may not produce the result you want if the result is one of the
|
||
hours straddling the moment the standard offset changes.
|
||
|
||
Skipping code for error cases, the default :meth:`fromutc` implementation acts
|
||
like::
|
||
|
||
def fromutc(self, dt):
|
||
# raise ValueError error if dt.tzinfo is not self
|
||
dtoff = dt.utcoffset()
|
||
dtdst = dt.dst()
|
||
# raise ValueError if dtoff is None or dtdst is None
|
||
delta = dtoff - dtdst # this is self's standard offset
|
||
if delta:
|
||
dt += delta # convert to standard local time
|
||
dtdst = dt.dst()
|
||
# raise ValueError if dtdst is None
|
||
if dtdst:
|
||
return dt + dtdst
|
||
else:
|
||
return dt
|
||
|
||
In the following :download:`tzinfo_examples.py
|
||
<../includes/tzinfo_examples.py>` file there are some examples of
|
||
:class:`tzinfo` classes:
|
||
|
||
.. literalinclude:: ../includes/tzinfo_examples.py
|
||
|
||
Note that there are unavoidable subtleties twice per year in a :class:`tzinfo`
|
||
subclass accounting for both standard and daylight time, at the DST transition
|
||
points. For concreteness, consider US Eastern (UTC -0500), where EDT begins the
|
||
minute after 1:59 (EST) on the second Sunday in March, and ends the minute after
|
||
1:59 (EDT) on the first Sunday in November::
|
||
|
||
UTC 3:MM 4:MM 5:MM 6:MM 7:MM 8:MM
|
||
EST 22:MM 23:MM 0:MM 1:MM 2:MM 3:MM
|
||
EDT 23:MM 0:MM 1:MM 2:MM 3:MM 4:MM
|
||
|
||
start 22:MM 23:MM 0:MM 1:MM 3:MM 4:MM
|
||
|
||
end 23:MM 0:MM 1:MM 1:MM 2:MM 3:MM
|
||
|
||
When DST starts (the "start" line), the local wall clock leaps from 1:59 to
|
||
3:00. A wall time of the form 2:MM doesn't really make sense on that day, so
|
||
``astimezone(Eastern)`` won't deliver a result with ``hour == 2`` on the day DST
|
||
begins. For example, at the Spring forward transition of 2016, we get
|
||
|
||
>>> from datetime import datetime, timezone
|
||
>>> from tzinfo_examples import HOUR, Eastern
|
||
>>> u0 = datetime(2016, 3, 13, 5, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
|
||
>>> for i in range(4):
|
||
... u = u0 + i*HOUR
|
||
... t = u.astimezone(Eastern)
|
||
... print(u.time(), 'UTC =', t.time(), t.tzname())
|
||
...
|
||
05:00:00 UTC = 00:00:00 EST
|
||
06:00:00 UTC = 01:00:00 EST
|
||
07:00:00 UTC = 03:00:00 EDT
|
||
08:00:00 UTC = 04:00:00 EDT
|
||
|
||
|
||
When DST ends (the "end" line), there's a potentially worse problem: there's an
|
||
hour that can't be spelled unambiguously in local wall time: the last hour of
|
||
daylight time. In Eastern, that's times of the form 5:MM UTC on the day
|
||
daylight time ends. The local wall clock leaps from 1:59 (daylight time) back
|
||
to 1:00 (standard time) again. Local times of the form 1:MM are ambiguous.
|
||
:meth:`astimezone` mimics the local clock's behavior by mapping two adjacent UTC
|
||
hours into the same local hour then. In the Eastern example, UTC times of the
|
||
form 5:MM and 6:MM both map to 1:MM when converted to Eastern, but earlier times
|
||
have the :attr:`~datetime.fold` attribute set to 0 and the later times have it set to 1.
|
||
For example, at the Fall back transition of 2016, we get
|
||
|
||
>>> u0 = datetime(2016, 11, 6, 4, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
|
||
>>> for i in range(4):
|
||
... u = u0 + i*HOUR
|
||
... t = u.astimezone(Eastern)
|
||
... print(u.time(), 'UTC =', t.time(), t.tzname(), t.fold)
|
||
...
|
||
04:00:00 UTC = 00:00:00 EDT 0
|
||
05:00:00 UTC = 01:00:00 EDT 0
|
||
06:00:00 UTC = 01:00:00 EST 1
|
||
07:00:00 UTC = 02:00:00 EST 0
|
||
|
||
Note that the :class:`datetime` instances that differ only by the value of the
|
||
:attr:`~datetime.fold` attribute are considered equal in comparisons.
|
||
|
||
Applications that can't bear wall-time ambiguities should explicitly check the
|
||
value of the :attr:`~datetime.fold` attribute or avoid using hybrid
|
||
:class:`tzinfo` subclasses; there are no ambiguities when using :class:`timezone`,
|
||
or any other fixed-offset :class:`tzinfo` subclass (such as a class representing
|
||
only EST (fixed offset -5 hours), or only EDT (fixed offset -4 hours)).
|
||
|
||
.. seealso::
|
||
|
||
`datetuil.tz <https://dateutil.readthedocs.io/en/stable/tz.html>`_
|
||
The standard library has :class:`timezone` class for handling arbitrary
|
||
fixed offsets from UTC and :attr:`timezone.utc` as UTC timezone instance.
|
||
|
||
*datetuil.tz* library brings the *IANA timezone database* (also known as the
|
||
Olson database) to Python and its usage is recommended.
|
||
|
||
`IANA timezone database <https://www.iana.org/time-zones>`_
|
||
The Time Zone Database (often called tz, tzdata or zoneinfo) contains code and
|
||
data that represent the history of local time for many representative
|
||
locations around the globe. It is updated periodically to reflect changes
|
||
made by political bodies to time zone boundaries, UTC offsets, and
|
||
daylight-saving rules.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. _datetime-timezone:
|
||
|
||
:class:`timezone` Objects
|
||
--------------------------
|
||
|
||
The :class:`timezone` class is a subclass of :class:`tzinfo`, each
|
||
instance of which represents a timezone defined by a fixed offset from
|
||
UTC. Note that objects of this class cannot be used to represent
|
||
timezone information in the locations where different offsets are used
|
||
in different days of the year or where historical changes have been
|
||
made to civil time.
|
||
|
||
|
||
.. class:: timezone(offset, name=None)
|
||
|
||
The *offset* argument must be specified as a :class:`timedelta`
|
||
object representing the difference between the local time and UTC. It must
|
||
be strictly between ``-timedelta(hours=24)`` and
|
||
``timedelta(hours=24)`` and represent a whole number of minutes,
|
||
otherwise :exc:`ValueError` is raised.
|
||
|
||
The *name* argument is optional. If specified it must be a string that
|
||
will be used as the value returned by the :meth:`datetime.tzname` method.
|
||
|
||
.. versionadded:: 3.2
|
||
|
||
.. method:: timezone.utcoffset(dt)
|
||
|
||
Return the fixed value specified when the :class:`timezone` instance is
|
||
constructed. The *dt* argument is ignored. The return value is a
|
||
:class:`timedelta` instance equal to the difference between the
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local time and UTC.
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.. method:: timezone.tzname(dt)
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|
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Return the fixed value specified when the :class:`timezone` instance
|
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is constructed. If *name* is not provided in the constructor, the
|
||
name returned by ``tzname(dt)`` is generated from the value of the
|
||
``offset`` as follows. If *offset* is ``timedelta(0)``, the name
|
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is "UTC", otherwise it is a string 'UTC±HH:MM', where ± is the sign
|
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of ``offset``, HH and MM are two digits of ``offset.hours`` and
|
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``offset.minutes`` respectively.
|
||
|
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.. versionchanged:: 3.6
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Name generated from ``offset=timedelta(0)`` is now plain 'UTC', not
|
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'UTC+00:00'.
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|
||
|
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.. method:: timezone.dst(dt)
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|
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Always returns ``None``.
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|
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.. method:: timezone.fromutc(dt)
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|
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Return ``dt + offset``. The *dt* argument must be an aware
|
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:class:`.datetime` instance, with ``tzinfo`` set to ``self``.
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||
|
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Class attributes:
|
||
|
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.. attribute:: timezone.utc
|
||
|
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The UTC timezone, ``timezone(timedelta(0))``.
|
||
|
||
|
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.. _strftime-strptime-behavior:
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|
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:meth:`strftime` and :meth:`strptime` Behavior
|
||
----------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
:class:`date`, :class:`.datetime`, and :class:`.time` objects all support a
|
||
``strftime(format)`` method, to create a string representing the time under the
|
||
control of an explicit format string. Broadly speaking, ``d.strftime(fmt)``
|
||
acts like the :mod:`time` module's ``time.strftime(fmt, d.timetuple())``
|
||
although not all objects support a :meth:`timetuple` method.
|
||
|
||
Conversely, the :meth:`datetime.strptime` class method creates a
|
||
:class:`.datetime` object from a string representing a date and time and a
|
||
corresponding format string. ``datetime.strptime(date_string, format)`` is
|
||
equivalent to ``datetime(*(time.strptime(date_string, format)[0:6]))``.
|
||
|
||
For :class:`.time` objects, the format codes for year, month, and day should not
|
||
be used, as time objects have no such values. If they're used anyway, ``1900``
|
||
is substituted for the year, and ``1`` for the month and day.
|
||
|
||
For :class:`date` objects, the format codes for hours, minutes, seconds, and
|
||
microseconds should not be used, as :class:`date` objects have no such
|
||
values. If they're used anyway, ``0`` is substituted for them.
|
||
|
||
The full set of format codes supported varies across platforms, because Python
|
||
calls the platform C library's :func:`strftime` function, and platform
|
||
variations are common. To see the full set of format codes supported on your
|
||
platform, consult the :manpage:`strftime(3)` documentation.
|
||
|
||
The following is a list of all the format codes that the C standard (1989
|
||
version) requires, and these work on all platforms with a standard C
|
||
implementation. Note that the 1999 version of the C standard added additional
|
||
format codes.
|
||
|
||
+-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+
|
||
| Directive | Meaning | Example | Notes |
|
||
+===========+================================+========================+=======+
|
||
| ``%a`` | Weekday as locale's || Sun, Mon, ..., Sat | \(1) |
|
||
| | abbreviated name. | (en_US); | |
|
||
| | || So, Mo, ..., Sa | |
|
||
| | | (de_DE) | |
|
||
+-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+
|
||
| ``%A`` | Weekday as locale's full name. || Sunday, Monday, ..., | \(1) |
|
||
| | | Saturday (en_US); | |
|
||
| | || Sonntag, Montag, ..., | |
|
||
| | | Samstag (de_DE) | |
|
||
+-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+
|
||
| ``%w`` | Weekday as a decimal number, | 0, 1, ..., 6 | |
|
||
| | where 0 is Sunday and 6 is | | |
|
||
| | Saturday. | | |
|
||
+-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+
|
||
| ``%d`` | Day of the month as a | 01, 02, ..., 31 | |
|
||
| | zero-padded decimal number. | | |
|
||
+-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+
|
||
| ``%b`` | Month as locale's abbreviated || Jan, Feb, ..., Dec | \(1) |
|
||
| | name. | (en_US); | |
|
||
| | || Jan, Feb, ..., Dez | |
|
||
| | | (de_DE) | |
|
||
+-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+
|
||
| ``%B`` | Month as locale's full name. || January, February, | \(1) |
|
||
| | | ..., December (en_US);| |
|
||
| | || Januar, Februar, ..., | |
|
||
| | | Dezember (de_DE) | |
|
||
+-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+
|
||
| ``%m`` | Month as a zero-padded | 01, 02, ..., 12 | |
|
||
| | decimal number. | | |
|
||
+-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+
|
||
| ``%y`` | Year without century as a | 00, 01, ..., 99 | |
|
||
| | zero-padded decimal number. | | |
|
||
+-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+
|
||
| ``%Y`` | Year with century as a decimal | 0001, 0002, ..., 2013, | \(2) |
|
||
| | number. | 2014, ..., 9998, 9999 | |
|
||
+-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+
|
||
| ``%H`` | Hour (24-hour clock) as a | 00, 01, ..., 23 | |
|
||
| | zero-padded decimal number. | | |
|
||
+-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+
|
||
| ``%I`` | Hour (12-hour clock) as a | 01, 02, ..., 12 | |
|
||
| | zero-padded decimal number. | | |
|
||
+-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+
|
||
| ``%p`` | Locale's equivalent of either || AM, PM (en_US); | \(1), |
|
||
| | AM or PM. || am, pm (de_DE) | \(3) |
|
||
+-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+
|
||
| ``%M`` | Minute as a zero-padded | 00, 01, ..., 59 | |
|
||
| | decimal number. | | |
|
||
+-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+
|
||
| ``%S`` | Second as a zero-padded | 00, 01, ..., 59 | \(4) |
|
||
| | decimal number. | | |
|
||
+-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+
|
||
| ``%f`` | Microsecond as a decimal | 000000, 000001, ..., | \(5) |
|
||
| | number, zero-padded on the | 999999 | |
|
||
| | left. | | |
|
||
+-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+
|
||
| ``%z`` | UTC offset in the form +HHMM | (empty), +0000, -0400, | \(6) |
|
||
| | or -HHMM (empty string if the | +1030 | |
|
||
| | object is naive). | | |
|
||
+-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+
|
||
| ``%Z`` | Time zone name (empty string | (empty), UTC, EST, CST | |
|
||
| | if the object is naive). | | |
|
||
+-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+
|
||
| ``%j`` | Day of the year as a | 001, 002, ..., 366 | |
|
||
| | zero-padded decimal number. | | |
|
||
+-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+
|
||
| ``%U`` | Week number of the year | 00, 01, ..., 53 | \(7) |
|
||
| | (Sunday as the first day of | | |
|
||
| | the week) as a zero padded | | |
|
||
| | decimal number. All days in a | | |
|
||
| | new year preceding the first | | |
|
||
| | Sunday are considered to be in | | |
|
||
| | week 0. | | |
|
||
+-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+
|
||
| ``%W`` | Week number of the year | 00, 01, ..., 53 | \(7) |
|
||
| | (Monday as the first day of | | |
|
||
| | the week) as a decimal number. | | |
|
||
| | All days in a new year | | |
|
||
| | preceding the first Monday | | |
|
||
| | are considered to be in | | |
|
||
| | week 0. | | |
|
||
+-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+
|
||
| ``%c`` | Locale's appropriate date and || Tue Aug 16 21:30:00 | \(1) |
|
||
| | time representation. | 1988 (en_US); | |
|
||
| | || Di 16 Aug 21:30:00 | |
|
||
| | | 1988 (de_DE) | |
|
||
+-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+
|
||
| ``%x`` | Locale's appropriate date || 08/16/88 (None); | \(1) |
|
||
| | representation. || 08/16/1988 (en_US); | |
|
||
| | || 16.08.1988 (de_DE) | |
|
||
+-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+
|
||
| ``%X`` | Locale's appropriate time || 21:30:00 (en_US); | \(1) |
|
||
| | representation. || 21:30:00 (de_DE) | |
|
||
+-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+
|
||
| ``%%`` | A literal ``'%'`` character. | % | |
|
||
+-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+
|
||
|
||
Several additional directives not required by the C89 standard are included for
|
||
convenience. These parameters all correspond to ISO 8601 date values. These
|
||
may not be available on all platforms when used with the :meth:`strftime`
|
||
method. The ISO 8601 year and ISO 8601 week directives are not interchangeable
|
||
with the year and week number directives above. Calling :meth:`strptime` with
|
||
incomplete or ambiguous ISO 8601 directives will raise a :exc:`ValueError`.
|
||
|
||
+-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+
|
||
| Directive | Meaning | Example | Notes |
|
||
+===========+================================+========================+=======+
|
||
| ``%G`` | ISO 8601 year with century | 0001, 0002, ..., 2013, | \(8) |
|
||
| | representing the year that | 2014, ..., 9998, 9999 | |
|
||
| | contains the greater part of | | |
|
||
| | the ISO week (``%V``). | | |
|
||
+-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+
|
||
| ``%u`` | ISO 8601 weekday as a decimal | 1, 2, ..., 7 | |
|
||
| | number where 1 is Monday. | | |
|
||
+-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+
|
||
| ``%V`` | ISO 8601 week as a decimal | 01, 02, ..., 53 | \(8) |
|
||
| | number with Monday as | | |
|
||
| | the first day of the week. | | |
|
||
| | Week 01 is the week containing | | |
|
||
| | Jan 4. | | |
|
||
+-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+
|
||
|
||
.. versionadded:: 3.6
|
||
``%G``, ``%u`` and ``%V`` were added.
|
||
|
||
Notes:
|
||
|
||
(1)
|
||
Because the format depends on the current locale, care should be taken when
|
||
making assumptions about the output value. Field orderings will vary (for
|
||
example, "month/day/year" versus "day/month/year"), and the output may
|
||
contain Unicode characters encoded using the locale's default encoding (for
|
||
example, if the current locale is ``ja_JP``, the default encoding could be
|
||
any one of ``eucJP``, ``SJIS``, or ``utf-8``; use :meth:`locale.getlocale`
|
||
to determine the current locale's encoding).
|
||
|
||
(2)
|
||
The :meth:`strptime` method can parse years in the full [1, 9999] range, but
|
||
years < 1000 must be zero-filled to 4-digit width.
|
||
|
||
.. versionchanged:: 3.2
|
||
In previous versions, :meth:`strftime` method was restricted to
|
||
years >= 1900.
|
||
|
||
.. versionchanged:: 3.3
|
||
In version 3.2, :meth:`strftime` method was restricted to
|
||
years >= 1000.
|
||
|
||
(3)
|
||
When used with the :meth:`strptime` method, the ``%p`` directive only affects
|
||
the output hour field if the ``%I`` directive is used to parse the hour.
|
||
|
||
(4)
|
||
Unlike the :mod:`time` module, the :mod:`datetime` module does not support
|
||
leap seconds.
|
||
|
||
(5)
|
||
When used with the :meth:`strptime` method, the ``%f`` directive
|
||
accepts from one to six digits and zero pads on the right. ``%f`` is
|
||
an extension to the set of format characters in the C standard (but
|
||
implemented separately in datetime objects, and therefore always
|
||
available).
|
||
|
||
(6)
|
||
For a naive object, the ``%z`` and ``%Z`` format codes are replaced by empty
|
||
strings.
|
||
|
||
For an aware object:
|
||
|
||
``%z``
|
||
:meth:`utcoffset` is transformed into a 5-character string of the form
|
||
+HHMM or -HHMM, where HH is a 2-digit string giving the number of UTC
|
||
offset hours, and MM is a 2-digit string giving the number of UTC offset
|
||
minutes. For example, if :meth:`utcoffset` returns
|
||
``timedelta(hours=-3, minutes=-30)``, ``%z`` is replaced with the string
|
||
``'-0330'``.
|
||
|
||
``%Z``
|
||
If :meth:`tzname` returns ``None``, ``%Z`` is replaced by an empty
|
||
string. Otherwise ``%Z`` is replaced by the returned value, which must
|
||
be a string.
|
||
|
||
.. versionchanged:: 3.2
|
||
When the ``%z`` directive is provided to the :meth:`strptime` method, an
|
||
aware :class:`.datetime` object will be produced. The ``tzinfo`` of the
|
||
result will be set to a :class:`timezone` instance.
|
||
|
||
(7)
|
||
When used with the :meth:`strptime` method, ``%U`` and ``%W`` are only used
|
||
in calculations when the day of the week and the calendar year (``%Y``)
|
||
are specified.
|
||
|
||
(8)
|
||
Similar to ``%U`` and ``%W``, ``%V`` is only used in calculations when the
|
||
day of the week and the ISO year (``%G``) are specified in a
|
||
:meth:`strptime` format string. Also note that ``%G`` and ``%Y`` are not
|
||
interchangeable.
|
||
|
||
.. rubric:: Footnotes
|
||
|
||
.. [#] If, that is, we ignore the effects of Relativity
|