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DateTime
====================
The DateTime package
====================
Encapsulation of date/time values
Encapsulation of date/time values.
Module Functions
Timezones()
Function Timezones()
====================
Returns the list of recognized timezone names:
>>> from DateTime import Timezones
>>> Timezones() # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
['Brazil/Acre', 'Brazil/DeNoronha', ..., 'NZST', 'IDLE']
Return the list of recognized timezone names
Class DateTime
==============
DateTime objects represent instants in time and provide interfaces for
controlling its representation without affecting the absolute value of the
object.
controlling its representation without affecting the absolute value of
the object.
DateTime objects may be created from a wide variety of string or numeric data,
or may be computed from other DateTime objects. DateTimes support the ability
to convert their representations to many major timezones, as well as the
ablility to create a DateTime object in the context of a given timezone.
DateTime objects may be created from a wide variety of string or
numeric data, or may be computed from other DateTime objects.
DateTimes support the ability to convert their representations to many
major timezones, as well as the ablility to create a DateTime object
in the context of a given timezone.
DateTime objects provide partial numerical behavior:
* Two date-time objects can be subtracted to obtain a time, in days between
the two.
* Two date-time objects can be subtracted to obtain a time, in days
between the two.
* A date-time object and a positive or negative number may be added to obtain
a new date-time object that is the given number of days later than the
input date-time object.
* A date-time object and a positive or negative number may be added to
obtain a new date-time object that is the given number of days later
than the input date-time object.
* A positive or negative number and a date-time object may be added to obtain
a new date-time object that is the given number of days later than the
input date-time object.
* A positive or negative number and a date-time object may be added to
obtain a new date-time object that is the given number of days later
than the input date-time object.
* A positive or negative number may be subtracted from a date-time object to
obtain a new date-time object that is the given number of days earlier than
the input date-time object.
* A positive or negative number may be subtracted from a date-time
object to obtain a new date-time object that is the given number of
days earlier than the input date-time object.
DateTime objects may be converted to integer, long, or float numbers of days
since January 1, 1901, using the standard int, long, and float functions
(Compatibility Note: int, long and float return the number of days since 1901
in GMT rather than local machine timezone). DateTime objects also provide
access to their value in a float format usable with the python time module,
provided that the value of the object falls in the range of the epoch-based
time module.
DateTime objects may be converted to integer, long, or float numbers
of days since January 1, 1901, using the standard int, long, and float
functions (Compatibility Note: int, long and float return the number
of days since 1901 in GMT rather than local machine timezone).
DateTime objects also provide access to their value in a float format
usable with the python time module, provided that the value of the
object falls in the range of the epoch-based time module.
A DateTime object should be considered immutable; all conversion and numeric
operations return a new DateTime object rather than modify the current object.
Constructor For DateTime
DateTime()
Return a new date-time object
A DateTime object always maintains its value as an absolute UTC time,
and is represented in the context of some timezone based on the
arguments used to create the object. A DateTime object's methods
return values based on the timezone context.
A DateTime object always maintains its value as an absolute UTC time,
and is represented in the context of some timezone based on the
arguments used to create the object. A DateTime object's methods return
values based on the timezone context.
Note that in all cases the local machine timezone is used for
representation if no timezone is specified.
Note that in all cases the local machine timezone is used for
representation if no timezone is specified.
Constructor for DateTime
------------------------
DateTimes may be created with from zero to seven arguments.
DateTime() returns a new date-time object. DateTimes may be created
with from zero to seven arguments:
o If the function is called with no arguments, then the current date/
* If the function is called with no arguments, then the current date/
time is returned, represented in the timezone of the local machine.
o If the function is invoked with a single string argument which is a
recognized timezone name, an object representing the current time
is returned, represented in the specified timezone.
* If the function is invoked with a single string argument which is a
recognized timezone name, an object representing the current time is
returned, represented in the specified timezone.
o If the function is invoked with a single string argument
* If the function is invoked with a single string argument
representing a valid date/time, an object representing that date/
time will be returned.
As a general rule, any date-time representation that is recognized
and unambigous to a resident of North America is acceptable.(The
reason for this qualification is that in North America, a date
like: 2/1/1994 is interpreted as February 1, 1994, while in some
parts of the world, it is interpreted as January 2, 1994.) A date/
time string consists of two components, a date component and an
optional time component, separated by one or more spaces. If the
time component is omited, 12:00am is assumed. Any recognized
timezone name specified as the final element of the date/time
string will be used for computing the date/time value. (If you
create a DateTime with the string Mar 9, 1997 1:45pm US/Pacific,
the value will essentially be the same as if you had captured
time.time() at the specified date and time on a machine in that
timezone)
e=DateTime(US/Eastern)
# returns current date/time, represented in US/Eastern.
x=DateTime(1997/3/9 1:45pm)
# returns specified time, represented in local machine zone.
y=DateTime(Mar 9, 1997 13:45:00)
# y is equal to x
and unambigous to a resident of North America is acceptable. (The
reason for this qualification is that in North America, a date like:
2/1/1994 is interpreted as February 1, 1994, while in some parts of
the world, it is interpreted as January 2, 1994.) A date/ time
string consists of two components, a date component and an optional
time component, separated by one or more spaces. If the time
component is omited, 12:00am is assumed. Any recognized timezone
name specified as the final element of the date/time string will be
used for computing the date/time value. (If you create a DateTime
with the string "Mar 9, 1997 1:45pm US/Pacific", the value will
essentially be the same as if you had captured time.time() at the
specified date and time on a machine in that timezone).
o Returns current date/time, represented in US/Eastern:
>>> from DateTime import DateTime
>>> e = DateTime('US/Eastern')
>>> e.timezone()
'US/Eastern'
o Returns specified time, represented in local machine zone:
>>> x = DateTime('1997/3/9 1:45pm')
>>> x.parts() # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
(1997, 3, 9, 13, 45, 0.0, ...)
o Specified time in local machine zone, verbose format:
>>> y = DateTime('Mar 9, 1997 13:45:00')
>>> y.parts() # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
(1997, 3, 9, 13, 45, 0.0, ...)
>>> y == x
True
The date component consists of year, month, and day values. The
year value must be a one-, two-, or four-digit integer. If a one-
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and 59 inclusively. The second value may be an integer value
between 0 and 59.999 inclusively. The second value or both the
minute and second values may be ommitted. The time may be followed
by am or pm in upper or lower case, in which case a 12-hour clock
is assumed.
by am or pm in upper or lower case, in which case a 12-hour clock is
assumed.
o If the DateTime function is invoked with a single Numeric argument,
* If the DateTime function is invoked with a single Numeric argument,
the number is assumed to be either a floating point value such as
that returned by time.time() , or a number of days after January 1,
1901 00:00:00 UTC.
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viewpoint of the local machine's timezone. A negative argument will
yield a date-time value before 1901.
o If the function is invoked with two numeric arguments, then the
* If the function is invoked with two numeric arguments, then the
first is taken to be an integer year and the second argument is
taken to be an offset in days from the beginning of the year, in
the context of the local machine timezone. The date-time value
returned is the given offset number of days from the beginning of
the given year, represented in the timezone of the local machine.
The offset may be positive or negative. Two-digit years are assumed
to be in the twentieth century.
o If the function is invoked with two arguments, the first a float
taken to be an offset in days from the beginning of the year, in the
context of the local machine timezone. The date-time value returned
is the given offset number of days from the beginning of the given
year, represented in the timezone of the local machine. The offset
may be positive or negative. Two-digit years are assumed to be in
the twentieth century.
* If the function is invoked with two arguments, the first a float
representing a number of seconds past the epoch in gmt (such as
those returned by time.time()) and the second a string naming a
recognized timezone, a DateTime with a value of that gmt time will
be returned, represented in the given timezone.
import time
t=time.time()
now_east=DateTime(t,'US/Eastern')
# Time t represented as US/Eastern
>>> import time
>>> t = time.time()
Time t represented as US/Eastern:
now_west=DateTime(t,'US/Pacific')
# Time t represented as US/Pacific
>>> now_east = DateTime(t, 'US/Eastern')
Time t represented as US/Pacific:
>>> now_west = DateTime(t, 'US/Pacific')
Only their representations are different:
>>> now_east == now_west
True
# now_east == now_west
# only their representations are different
o If the function is invoked with three or more numeric arguments,
* If the function is invoked with three or more numeric arguments,
then the first is taken to be an integer year, the second is taken
to be an integer month, and the third is taken to be an integer
day. If the combination of values is not valid, then a
DateTimeError is raised. Two-digit years are assumed to be in the
twentieth century. The fourth, fifth, and sixth arguments are
floating point, positive or negative offsets in units of hours,
minutes, and days, and default to zero if not given. An optional
string may be given as the final argument to indicate timezone (the
effect of this is as if you had taken the value of time.time() at
that time on a machine in the specified timezone).
to be an integer month, and the third is taken to be an integer day.
If the combination of values is not valid, then a DateTimeError is
raised. Two-digit years are assumed to be in the twentieth century.
The fourth, fifth, and sixth arguments are floating point, positive
or negative offsets in units of hours, minutes, and days, and
default to zero if not given. An optional string may be given as
the final argument to indicate timezone (the effect of this is as if
you had taken the value of time.time() at that time on a machine in
the specified timezone).
If a string argument passed to the DateTime constructor cannot be
parsed, it will raise DateTime.SyntaxError. Invalid date, time, or
timezone components will raise a DateTime.DateTimeError.
The module function Timezones() will return a list of the timezones
recognized by the DateTime module. Recognition of timezone names is
case-insensitive.
Instance Methods for DateTime (IDateTime interface)
---------------------------------------------------
Conversion and comparison methods
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* ``timeTime()`` returns the date/time as a floating-point number in
UTC, in the format used by the python time module. Note that it is
possible to create date /time values with DateTime that have no
meaningful value to the time module, and in such cases a
DateTimeError is raised. A DateTime object's value must generally
be between Jan 1, 1970 (or your local machine epoch) and Jan 2038 to
produce a valid time.time() style value.
>>> dt = DateTime('Mar 9, 1997 13:45:00 US/Eastern')
>>> dt.timeTime()
857933100.0
>>> DateTime('2040/01/01').timeTime()
2208985200.0
If a string argument passed to the DateTime constructor cannot be
parsed, it will raise DateTime.SyntaxError. Invalid date, time, or
timezone components will raise a DateTime.DateTimeError.
>>> DateTime('1900/01/01').timeTime()
-2208992400.0
The module function Timezones() will return a list of the timezones
recognized by the DateTime module. Recognition of timezone names is
case-insensitive.
* ``toZone(z)`` returns a DateTime with the value as the current
object, represented in the indicated timezone:
Instance Methods For DateTime
>>> dt.toZone('UTC')
DateTime('1997/03/09 18:45:00 Universal')
aMonth()
>>> dt.toZone('UTC') == dt
True
Return the abreviated month name.
* ``isFuture()`` returns true if this object represents a date/time
later than the time of the call:
pCommon()
>>> dt.isFuture()
False
>>> DateTime('Jan 1 3000').isFuture() # not time-machine safe!
True
Return a string representing the object's value in the format: Mar. 1,
1997 1:45 pm
* ``isPast()`` returns true if this object represents a date/time
earlier than the time of the call:
minute()
>>> dt.isPast()
True
>>> DateTime('Jan 1 3000').isPast() # not time-machine safe!
False
Return the minute
* ``isCurrentYear()`` returns true if this object represents a
date/time that falls within the current year, in the context of this
object's timezone representation:
isLeapYear()
>>> dt.isCurrentYear()
False
>>> DateTime().isCurrentYear()
True
Return true if the current year (in the context of the object's
timezone) is a leap year
* ``isCurrentMonth()`` returns true if this object represents a
date/time that falls within the current month, in the context of
this object's timezone representation:
pMonth()
>>> dt.isCurrentMonth()
False
>>> DateTime().isCurrentMonth()
True
Return the abreviated (with period) month name.
* ``isCurrentDay()`` returns true if this object represents a
date/time that falls within the current day, in the context of this
object's timezone representation:
DayOfWeek()
>>> dt.isCurrentDay()
False
>>> DateTime().isCurrentDay()
True
Compatibility: see Day
* ``isCurrentHour()`` returns true if this object represents a
date/time that falls within the current hour, in the context of this
object's timezone representation:
Day_()
>>> dt.isCurrentHour()
False
Compatibility: see pDay
>>> DateTime().isCurrentHour()
True
isCurrentDay()
* ``isCurrentMinute()`` returns true if this object represents a
date/time that falls within the current minute, in the context of
this object's timezone representation:
Return true if this object represents a date/time that falls within the
current day, in the context of this object's timezone representation
>>> dt.isCurrentMinute()
False
>>> DateTime().isCurrentMinute()
True
Mon()
* ``isLeapYear()`` returns true if the current year (in the context of
the object's timezone) is a leap year:
Compatibility: see aMonth
>>> dt.isLeapYear()
False
>>> DateTime('Mar 8 2004').isLeapYear()
True
hour()
* ``earliestTime()`` returns a new DateTime object that represents the
earliest possible time (in whole seconds) that still falls within
the current object's day, in the object's timezone context:
Return the 24-hour clock representation of the hour
>>> dt.earliestTime()
DateTime('1997/03/09')
Date()
* ``latestTime()`` return a new DateTime object that represents the
latest possible time (in whole seconds) that still falls within the
current object's day, in the object's timezone context
Return the date string for the object.
>>> dt.latestTime()
DateTime('1997/03/09 23:59:59 US/Eastern')
aCommonZ()
Component access
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Return a string representing the object's value in the format: Mar 1,
1997 1:45 pm US/Eastern
* ``parts()`` returns a tuple containing the calendar year, month,
day, hour, minute second and timezone of the object
fCommonZ()
>>> dt.parts()
(1997, 3, 9, 13, 45, 0.0, 'US/Eastern')
Return a string representing the object's value in the format: March 1,
1997 1:45 pm US/Eastern
* ``timezone()`` returns the timezone in which the object is represented:
isCurrentYear()
>>> dt.timezone() in Timezones()
True
Return true if this object represents a date/time that falls within the
current year, in the context of this object's timezone representation
* ``tzoffset()`` returns the timezone offset for the objects timezone:
AMPMMinutes()
>>> dt.tzoffset()
-18000
Return the time string for an object not showing seconds.
* ``year()`` returns the calendar year of the object:
dd()
>>> dt.year()
1997
Return day as a 2 digit string
* ``month()`` retursn the month of the object as an integer:
TimeMinutes()
>>> dt.month()
3
Return the time string for an object not showing seconds.
* ``Month()`` returns the full month name:
h_24()
>>> dt.Month()
'March'
Return the 24-hour clock representation of the hour
* ``aMonth()`` returns the abreviated month name:
isPast()
>>> dt.aMonth()
'Mar'
Return true if this object represents a date/time earlier than the time
of the call
* ``pMonth()`` returns the abreviated (with period) month name:
dow()
>>> dt.pMonth()
'Mar.'
Return the integer day of the week, where sunday is 0
* ``day()`` returns the integer day:
isFuture()
>>> dt.day()
9
Return true if this object represents a date/time later than the time
of the call
* ``Day()`` returns the full name of the day of the week:
pCommonZ()
>>> dt.Day()
'Sunday'
Return a string representing the object's value in the format: Mar. 1,
1997 1:45 pm US/Eastern
* ``dayOfYear()`` returns the day of the year, in context of the
timezone representation of the object:
timezone()
>>> dt.dayOfYear()
68
Return the timezone in which the object is represented.
* ``aDay()`` returns the abreviated name of the day of the week:
h_12()
>>> dt.aDay()
'Sun'
Return the 12-hour clock representation of the hour
* ``pDay()`` returns the abreviated (with period) name of the day of
the week:
PreciseTime()
>>> dt.pDay()
'Sun.'
Return the time string for the object.
* ``dow()`` returns the integer day of the week, where Sunday is 0:
isCurrentMinute()
>>> dt.dow()
0
Return true if this object represents a date/time that falls within the
current minute, in the context of this object's timezone representation
* ``dow_1()`` returns the integer day of the week, where sunday is 1:
rfc822()
>>> dt.dow_1()
1
Return the date in RFC 822 format
* ``h_12()`` returns the 12-hour clock representation of the hour:
equalTo(t)
>>> dt.h_12()
1
Compare this DateTime object to another DateTime object OR a floating
point number such as that which is returned by the python time module.
Returns true if the object represents a date/time equal to the
specified DateTime or time module style time.
* ``h_24()`` returns the 24-hour clock representation of the hour:
yy()
>>> dt.h_24()
13
Return calendar year as a 2 digit string
* ``ampm()`` returns the appropriate time modifier (am or pm):
mm()
>>> dt.ampm()
'pm'
Return month as a 2 digit string
* ``hour()`` returns the 24-hour clock representation of the hour:
Mon_()
>>> dt.hour()
13
Compatibility: see pMonth
* ``minute()`` returns the minute:
toZone(z)
>>> dt.minute()
45
Return a DateTime with the value as the current object, represented in
the indicated timezone.
* ``second()`` returns the second:
earliestTime()
>>> dt.second()
0.0
Return a new DateTime object that represents the earliest possible time
(in whole seconds) that still falls within the current object's day, in
the object's timezone context
* ``millis()`` returns the milliseconds since the epoch in GMT.
aDay()
>>> dt.millis()
857933100000L
Return the abreviated name of the day of the week
strftime()
~~~~~~~~~~
dayOfYear()
See ``tests/testDateTime.py``.
Return the day of the year, in context of the timezone representation
of the object
General formats from previous DateTime
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
latestTime()
* ``Date()`` return the date string for the object:
Return a new DateTime object that represents the latest possible time
(in whole seconds) that still falls within the current object's day, in
the object's timezone context
>>> dt.Date()
'1997/03/09'
notEqualTo(t)
* ``Time()`` returns the time string for an object to the nearest
second:
Compare this DateTime object to another DateTime object OR a floating
point number such as that which is returned by the python time module.
Returns true if the object represents a date/time not equal to the
specified DateTime or time module style time.
>>> dt.Time()
'13:45:00'
PreciseAMPM()
* ``TimeMinutes()`` returns the time string for an object not showing
seconds:
Return the time string for the object.
>>> dt.TimeMinutes()
'13:45'
day()
* ``AMPM()`` returns the time string for an object to the nearest second:
Return the integer day
>>> dt.AMPM()
'01:45:00 pm'
timeTime()
* ``AMPMMinutes()`` returns the time string for an object not showing
seconds:
Return the date/time as a floating-point number in UTC, in the format
used by the python time module. Note that it is possible to create date
/time values with DateTime that have no meaningful value to the time
module, and in such cases a DateTimeError is raised. A DateTime
object's value must generally be between Jan 1, 1970 (or your local
machine epoch) and Jan 2038 to produce a valid time.time() style value.
>>> dt.AMPMMinutes()
'01:45 pm'
ampm()
* ``PreciseTime()`` returns the time string for the object:
Return the appropriate time modifier (am or pm)
>>> dt.PreciseTime()
'13:45:00.000'
greaterThan(t)
* ``PreciseAMPM()``return the time string for the object:
Compare this DateTime object to another DateTime object OR a floating
point number such as that which is returned by the python time module.
Returns true if the object represents a date/time greater than the
specified DateTime or time module style time.
>>> dt.PreciseAMPM()
'01:45:00.000 pm'
month()
* ``yy()`` returns the calendar year as a 2 digit string
Return the month of the object as an integer
>>> dt.yy()
'97'
AMPM()
* ``mm()`` returns the month as a 2 digit string
Return the time string for an object to the nearest second.
>>> dt.mm()
'03'
second()
* ``dd()`` returns the day as a 2 digit string:
Return the second
>>> dt.dd()
'09'
parts()
* ``rfc822()`` returns the date in RFC 822 format:
Return a tuple containing the calendar year, month, day, hour, minute
second and timezone of the object
>>> dt.rfc822()
'Sun, 09 Mar 1997 13:45:00 -0500'
greaterThanEqualTo(t)
New formats
~~~~~~~~~~~
Compare this DateTime object to another DateTime object OR a floating
point number such as that which is returned by the python time module.
Returns true if the object represents a date/time greater than or equal
to the specified DateTime or time module style time.
* ``fCommon()`` returns a string representing the object's value in
the format: March 9, 1997 1:45 pm:
lessThanEqualTo(t)
>>> dt.fCommon()
'March 9, 1997 1:45 pm'
Compare this DateTime object to another DateTime object OR a floating
point number such as that which is returned by the python time module.
Returns true if the object represents a date/time less than or equal to
the specified DateTime or time module style time.
* ``fCommonZ()`` returns a string representing the object's value in
the format: March 9, 1997 1:45 pm US/Eastern:
isCurrentHour()
>>> dt.fCommonZ()
'March 9, 1997 1:45 pm US/Eastern'
Return true if this object represents a date/time that falls within the
current hour, in the context of this object's timezone representation
* ``aCommon()`` returns a string representing the object's value in
the format: Mar 9, 1997 1:45 pm:
aCommon()
>>> dt.aCommon()
'Mar 9, 1997 1:45 pm'
Return a string representing the object's value in the format: Mar 1,
1997 1:45 pm
* ``aCommonZ()`` return a string representing the object's value in
the format: Mar 9, 1997 1:45 pm US/Eastern:
dow_1()
>>> dt.aCommonZ()
'Mar 9, 1997 1:45 pm US/Eastern'
Return the integer day of the week, where sunday is 1
* ``pCommon()`` returns a string representing the object's value in
the format Mar. 9, 1997 1:45 pm:
Day()
>>> dt.pCommon()
'Mar. 9, 1997 1:45 pm'
Return the full name of the day of the week
* ``pCommonZ()`` returns a string representing the object's value in
the format: Mar. 9, 1997 1:45 pm US/Eastern:
fCommon()
>>> dt.pCommonZ()
'Mar. 9, 1997 1:45 pm US/Eastern'
Return a string representing the object's value in the format: March 1,
1997 1:45 pm
* ``ISO()`` returns a string with the date/time in ISO format. Note:
this is not ISO 8601-format! See the ISO8601 and HTML4 methods below
for ISO 8601-compliant output. Dates are output as: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
Month()
>>> dt.ISO()
'1997-03-09 13:45:00'
Return the full month name
* ``ISO8601()`` returns the object in ISO 8601-compatible format
containing the date, time with seconds-precision and the time zone
identifier - see http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime. Dates are
output as: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSTZD (T is a literal character, TZD is
Time Zone Designator, format +HH:MM or -HH:MM).
isCurrentMonth()
The ``HTML4()`` method below offers the same formatting, but
converts to UTC before returning the value and sets the TZD"Z"
Return true if this object represents a date/time that falls within the
current month, in the context of this object's timezone representation
>>> dt.ISO8601()
'1997-03-09T13:45:00-05:00'
year()
Return the calendar year of the object
* ``HTML4()`` returns the object in the format used in the HTML4.0
specification, one of the standard forms in ISO8601. See
http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime. Dates are output as:
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ (T, Z are literal characters, the time is in
UTC.):
lessThan(t)
>>> dt.HTML4()
'1997-03-09T18:45:00Z'
Compare this DateTime object to another DateTime object OR a floating
point number such as that which is returned by the python time module.
Returns true if the object represents a date/time less than the
specified DateTime or time module style time.
* ``JulianDay()`` returns the Julian day according to
http://www.tondering.dk/claus/cal/node3.html#sec-calcjd
Time()
>>> dt.JulianDay()
2450517
Return the time string for an object to the nearest second.
* ``week()`` returns the week number according to ISO
see http://www.tondering.dk/claus/cal/node6.html#SECTION00670000000000000000
pDay()
>>> dt.week()
10
Return the abreviated (with period) name of the day of the week
Deprecated API
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
General Services Provided by DateTime
`aDateTime`
Convert a DateTime to a string that looks like a Python expression.
str(aDateTime)
* DayOfWeek(): see Day()
Convert a DateTime to a string.
* Day_(): see pDay()
cmp(aDateTime, other)
* Mon(): see aMonth()
Compare a DateTime with another DateTime object, or a float such as
those returned by time.time().
* Mon_(): see pMonth
NOTE: __cmp__ support is provided for backward compatibility only, and
mixing DateTimes with ExtensionClasses could cause __cmp__ to break.
You should use the methods lessThan, greaterThan, lessThanEqualTo,
greaterThanEqualTo, equalTo and notEqualTo to avoid potential problems
later!!
hash(aDateTime)
Compute a hash value for a DateTime
General Services Provided by DateTime
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DateTimes can be repr()'ed; the result will be a string indicating how
to make a DateTime object like this:
>>> `dt`
"DateTime('1997/03/09 13:45:00 US/Eastern')"
When we convert them into a string, we get a nicer string that could
actually be shown to a user:
>>> str(dt)
'1997/03/09 13:45:00 US/Eastern'
The hash value of a DateTime is based on the date and time and is
equal for different representations of the DateTime:
>>> hash(dt)
3618678
>>> hash(dt.toZone('UTC'))
3618678
A DateTime can be compared with another DateTime or float via
``cmp()``. NOTE: __cmp__ support is provided for backward
compatibility only, and mixing DateTimes with ExtensionClasses could
cause __cmp__ to break. You should use the methods lessThan,
greaterThan, lessThanEqualTo, greaterThanEqualTo, equalTo and
notEqualTo to avoid potential problems later!
>>> cmp(dt, dt)
0
>>> cmp(dt, dt.toZone('UTC'))
0
>>> cmp(dt, dt.timeTime())
0
>>> cmp(dt, DateTime('2000/01/01'))
-1
>>> cmp(dt, DateTime('1900/01/01'))
1
DateTime objects can be compared to other DateTime objects OR floating
point numbers such as the ones which are returned by the python time
module. On comparison for equality, True is returned if the object
represents a date/time equal to the specified DateTime or time module
style time:
>>> dt == dt
True
>>> dt == dt.toZone('UTC')
True
>>> dt == dt.timeTime()
True
>>> dt == DateTime()
False
>>> dt.equalTo(dt)
True
>>> dt.equalTo(dt.toZone('UTC'))
True
>>> dt.equalTo(dt.timeTime())
True
>>> dt.equalTo(DateTime())
False
Same goes for inequalities:
>>> dt != dt
False
>>> dt != dt.toZone('UTC')
False
>>> dt != dt.timeTime()
False
>>> dt != DateTime()
True
>>> dt.notEqualTo(dt)
False
>>> dt.notEqualTo(dt.toZone('UTC'))
False
>>> dt.notEqualTo(dt.timeTime())
False
>>> dt.notEqualTo(DateTime())
True
>>> dt > dt
False
>>> DateTime() > dt
True
>>> dt > DateTime().timeTime()
False
>>> DateTime().timeTime() > dt
True
>>> dt.greaterThan(dt)
False
>>> DateTime().greaterThan(dt)
True
>>> dt.greaterThan(DateTime().timeTime())
False
>>> dt >= dt
True
>>> DateTime() >= dt
True
>>> dt >= DateTime().timeTime()
False
>>> DateTime().timeTime() >= dt
True
>>> dt.greaterThanEqualTo(dt)
True
>>> DateTime().greaterThanEqualTo(dt)
True
>>> dt.greaterThanEqualTo(DateTime().timeTime())
False
>>> dt < dt
False
>>> DateTime() < dt
False
>>> dt < DateTime().timeTime()
True
>>> DateTime().timeTime() < dt
False
>>> dt.lessThan(dt)
False
>>> DateTime().lessThan(dt)
False
>>> dt.lessThan(DateTime().timeTime())
True
>>> dt <= dt
True
>>> DateTime() <= dt
False
>>> dt <= DateTime().timeTime()
True
>>> DateTime().timeTime() <= dt
False
>>> dt.lessThanEqualTo(dt)
True
>>> DateTime().lessThanEqualTo(dt)
False
>>> dt.lessThanEqualTo(DateTime().timeTime())
True
Numeric Services Provided by DateTime
aDateTime + other
A DateTime may be added to a number and a number may be added to a
DateTime; two DateTimes cannot be added.
aDateTime - other
Either a DateTime or a number may be subtracted from a DateTime,
however, a DateTime may not be subtracted from a number.
other + aDateTimeAdd aDateTime to other.
A DateTime may be added to a number and a number may be added to a
DateTime; two DateTimes cannot be added.
int(aDateTime)
Convert to an integer number of days since Jan. 1, 1901 (gmt)
long(aDateTime)
Convert to a long-int number of days since Jan. 1, 1901 (gmt)
float(aDateTime)
Convert to floating-point number of days since Jan. 1, 1901 (gmt)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Last Modified: 14 March 1997
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A DateTime may be added to a number and a number may be added to a
DateTime:
>>> dt + 5
DateTime('1997/03/14 13:45:00 US/Eastern')
>>> 5 + dt
DateTime('1997/03/14 13:45:00 US/Eastern')
Two DateTimes cannot be added:
>>> dt + dt
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
DateTimeError: Cannot add two DateTimes
Either a DateTime or a number may be subtracted from a DateTime,
however, a DateTime may not be subtracted from a number:
>>> DateTime('1997/03/10 13:45 US/Eastern') - dt
1.0
>>> dt - 1
DateTime('1997/03/08 13:45:00 US/Eastern')
>>> 1 - dt
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for -: 'int' and 'instance'
DateTimes can also be converted to integers (number of seconds since
the epoch), longs (not too long ;)) and floats:
>>> int(dt)
857933100
>>> long(dt)
857933100L
>>> float(dt)
857933100.0
......@@ -379,7 +379,11 @@ class DateTimeTests(unittest.TestCase):
self.assertEqual(dt.strftime(u'Le %d/%m/%Y \xe0 %Hh%M'), ok)
def test_suite():
return unittest.makeSuite(DateTimeTests)
from zope.testing import doctest
return unittest.TestSuite([
unittest.makeSuite(DateTimeTests),
doctest.DocFileSuite('DateTime.txt', package='DateTime')
])
if __name__=="__main__":
unittest.main(defaultTest='test_suite')
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