Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

--- manipulating_dates_in_python [2022/11/27 18:04] – [Tasks] raju
+++ manipulating_dates_in_python [2024/02/06 05:22] (current) – raju
@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 ===== Tasks =====
-  * [[add dates]]
+  * [[Add dates]]
-    * tags | strptime
+    * uses | strptime
+  * [[Convert string to date]]
 ===== Dummy =====
-==== Convert string to date ====
+==== date in isoformat ====
-Use <code>
+<code>
+from datetime import date
+today = date.today().isoformat()
+print(type(today))
+print(today)
+<class 'str'>
+-09-18
+</code>
+It also works on datetime objects and will give the time in ISO 8601 format.
+<code>
 from datetime import datetime
-datetime.strptime(date_str, date_fmt).date()
+now = datetime.today().isoformat()
+print(type(now))
+print(now)
+<class 'str'>
+-09-18T13:55:17.214513
 </code>
-Example:
+Ref:- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32490629/getting-todays-date-in-yyyy-mm-dd-in-python
+==== extract date from datetime ====
 <code>
 $ ipython
@@ Line 20: / Line 41: @@
 from datetime import datetime
 s = '24 October 2022'
-dt = datetime.strptime(s, '%d %B %Y').date()
+dtt = datetime.strptime(s, "%d %B %Y")
+print(dtt)
+-10-24 00:00:00
 In [2]:
+type(dtt)
+Out[2]:
+datetime.datetime
+In [3]:
+dt = datetime.strptime(s, "%d %B %Y").date()
 print(dt)
 -10-24
-In [3]:
+In [4]:
 type(dt)
-Out[3]:
+Out[4]:
 datetime.date
 </code>
 ==== get today's day, month and year ====
 <code>
@@ Line 129: / Line 159: @@
   * http://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/generated/pandas.date_range.html
+==== print the names of months in a year ====
+<code>
+$ ipython
+Python 3.11.4 | packaged by Anaconda, Inc. | (main, Jul  5 2023, 13:47:18) [MSC v.1916 64 bit (AMD64)]
+IPython 8.12.0 -- An enhanced Interactive Python. Type '?' for help.
+In [1]:
+import calendar
+for m in calendar.month_name:
+    print(m)
+January
+February
+March
+April
+May
+June
+July
+August
+September
+October
+November
+December
+</code>