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- Programming Languages
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tags: [python, timestamps]
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---
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# Dates in Python
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Python's built-in `datetime` module provides various classes for manipulating dates and times. Below are some common use-cases with examples.
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### Importing `datetime`
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First, you'll need to import the `datetime` module.
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```python
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import datetime
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```
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### Getting Current Date and Time
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You can get the current date and time using `datetime.datetime.now()`.
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```python
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current_datetime = datetime.datetime.now()
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print("Current datetime:", current_datetime)
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```
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### Creating Date Objects
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To create a date object, you can use `datetime.date`, specifying the year, month, and day.
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```python
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some_date = datetime.date(2021, 9, 30)
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print("Some date:", some_date)
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```
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### Creating Time Objects
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To create a time object, you can use `datetime.time`, specifying the hour, minute, second, and optionally microsecond.
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```python
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some_time = datetime.time(13, 24, 56)
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print("Some time:", some_time)
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```
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### Creating Datetime Objects
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To create a datetime object, you can use `datetime.datetime`.
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```python
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some_datetime = datetime.datetime(2021, 9, 30, 13, 24, 56)
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print("Some datetime:", some_datetime)
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```
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### Extracting Components
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You can extract various components from a datetime object like so:
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```python
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print("Year:", some_datetime.year)
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print("Month:", some_datetime.month)
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print("Day:", some_datetime.day)
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print("Hour:", some_datetime.hour)
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print("Minute:", some_datetime.minute)
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print("Second:", some_datetime.second)
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```
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### Formatting Datetime Objects
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You can format datetime objects to strings using the `strftime` method.
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```python
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formatted_datetime = some_datetime.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
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print("Formatted datetime:", formatted_datetime)
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```
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## Examples
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### Convert a unix timestamp to readable date
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```py
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def convert_timestamp(timestamp):
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date_object = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp)
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formatted_date = date_object.strftime("%d-%m-%Y")
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return formatted_date
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converted = convert_timestamp(1689023491)
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print(converted)
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# 10-07-2023
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```
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