fundamentals.times

Some time functions to be used with logging etc

Author

David Young

Module Contents

Functions

calculate_time_difference	Return the time difference between two dates as a string
datetime_relative_to_now	convert date to a relative datetime (e.g. +15m, +2hr, +1w)
get_now_sql_datetime	A datetime stamp in MySQL format: ‘YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS’

API

fundamentals.times.calculate_time_difference(startDate, endDate)

Return the time difference between two dates as a string

Key Arguments

• startDate – the first date in YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS format

• endDate – the final date YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS format

Return

• relTime – the difference between the two dates in Y,M,D,h,m,s (string)

Usage

from fundamentals import times
diff = times.calculate_time_difference(startDate="2015-10-13 10:02:12", endDate="2017-11-04 16:47:05")
print diff

# OUT: 2yrs 22dys 6h 44m 53s

fundamentals.times.datetime_relative_to_now(date)

convert date to a relative datetime (e.g. +15m, +2hr, +1w)

Key Arguments

• date – absolute date

Return

• a relative date

Usage

from fundamentals import times
relTime = times.datetime_relative_to_now(date)

fundamentals.times.get_now_sql_datetime()

A datetime stamp in MySQL format: ‘YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS’

Return

• now – current time and date in MySQL format

Usage

from fundamentals import times
now = times.get_now_sql_datetime()
print now

# OUT: 2016-03-18T11:08:23