= Python Datetime =

'''`datetime`''' is a module providing utilities and APIs for working with dates, times, and timezones.

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== Date ==

See [[Python/Datetime/Date|here]].

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== Datetime ==

See [[Python/Datetime/Datetime|here]].

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== Time ==

See [[Python/Datetime/Time|here]].

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== TimeDelta ==

See [[Python/Datetime/TimeDelta|here]].

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== TimeZone ==

A `datetime.timezone` represents a fixed offset from UTC.

To access the UTC timezone, use the class attribute `datetime.timezone.utc`.

{{{
import datetime

est = datetime.timezone(datetime.timedelta(hours=-5))
}}}

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== TZInfo ==

An abstract base class for `datetime.timezone`. Not to be used directly.

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== StrFTime and StrPTime ==


||'''Directive'''||'''Meaning'''||'''Example Values'''||
||`%a`||weekday in locale abbreviated name||Sun||
||`%A`||weekday in locale full name||Sunday||
||`%w`||weekday as an integer||0 ''(as Sunday)'', 6 ''(as Saturday)''||
||`%d`||day of the month as a zero-padded integer||01||
||`%b`||month in locale abbreviated name||Jan||
||`%B`||month in locale full name||January||
||`%m`||month as a zero-padded integer||01||
||`%y`||year as a zero-padded two-digit integer||00||
||`%Y`||year as a zero-padded four-digit integer||0001||
||`%H`||24-hour clock hour as a zero-padded integer||00||
||`%I`||12-hour clock hour as a zero-padded integer||01||
||`%p`||locale equivalent of AM/PM.||AM||
||`%M`||minute as a zero-padded integer||00||
||`%S`||second as a zero-padded integer||00||
||`%f`||microsecond as a zero-padded six-digit integer||000000||
||`%z`||UTC offset in the form ±HHMM[SS[.ffffff]], or empty if the object is naive||+0000, -0400, +1030, +063415, -030712.345216||
||`%Z`||time zone name, or empty if the object is naive||UTC||
||`%j`||day of the year as a zero-padded integer||001||
||`%U`||week of the year as a zero-padded two-digit integer; all days preceding the first Sunday are in week 0||00||
||`%W`||week of the year as a zero-padded two-digit integer; all days preceding the first Monday are in week 0||00||
||`%c`||locale datetime representation||Tue Aug 16 21:30:00 1988||
||`%x`||locale date representation||08/16/1988||
||`%X`||locale time representation||21:30:00||
||`%%`||literal %|| ||
||`%G`||year that contains the greater part of the ISO week (`%V`) zero-padded four-digit integer||0001||
||`%u`||weekday as an integer||1 ''(as Monday)'', 7 ''(as Sunday)''||
||`%V`||week of the year as a zero-padded two-digit number; week 01 is the week beginning on a Monday that contains January 4th; all preceding days belong to the prior year||01||

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== See also ==

[[https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html|Python datetime module documentation]]

[[https://pymotw.com/3/datetime/|Python Module of the Day article for datetime]]



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