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@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import datetime
### Getting Current Date and Time
You can get the current date and time using `datetime.datetime.now()`.
Get the current date and time using `datetime.datetime.now()`.
```python
current_datetime = datetime.datetime.now()
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### Creating Date Objects
To create a date object, you can use `datetime.date`, specifying the year,
month, and day.
To create a date object, use `datetime.date`, specifying the year, month, and
day.
```python
some_date = datetime.date(2021, 9, 30)
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### Creating Time Objects
To create a time object, you can use `datetime.time`, specifying the hour,
minute, second, and optionally microsecond.
To create a time object, use `datetime.time`, specifying the hour, minute,
second, and optionally microsecond.
```python
some_time = datetime.time(13, 24, 56)
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### Creating Datetime Objects
To create a datetime object, you can use `datetime.datetime`.
To create a datetime object, use `datetime.datetime`.
```python
some_datetime = datetime.datetime(2021, 9, 30, 13, 24, 56)
print("Some datetime:", some_datetime)
```
### Extracting Components
### Extracting components
You can extract various components from a datetime object like so:
Extract components from a datetime object:
```python
print("Year:", some_datetime.year)
@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ This would typically be used when we have been working with a computer-friendly
format of a date such as unix seconds which we then want to output in a more
readable format.
In the example below we use `strftime` to express the current date as YYYY-MM:
Use `strftime` to express the current date as YYYY-MM:
```python
now = datetime.now()
@ -84,15 +84,14 @@ print(formatted)
# 2024-06
```
Another example, for YYYY-MM-DD H:M:S:
Express the current date as YYYY-MM-DD H:M:S:
```python
formatted_datetime = some_datetime.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
print("Formatted datetime:", formatted_datetime)
```
Below is a real example that uses a [unix timestamp](./Time_and_computers.md) as
the input:
Express a [unix timestamp](./Time_and_computers.md) as DD-MM-YYYY:
```py
def convert_timestamp(timestamp):
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The `strptime` (_string_parse_time) method_ parses a string representing a date
and/or a time according to a specified format and returns a `datetime` object.
This would typically be used when want to carry out some sort of transformation
on time data that we are sourcing in a particular format.
Typically be used when want to carry out some sort of transformation on time
data that we are sourcing in a particular format.
In the example below we receive a date in the format DD-MM-YYYY and we convert
it to a datetime object:
Receive a date in the format DD-MM-YYYY and convert to datetime object:
```python
date_string = "18-06-2024"