date and time range checking

[Maksim Kasimov]

there are few of a time periods, for example:
2005-06-08 12:30 -> 2005-06-10 15:30,
2005-06-12 12:30 -> 2005-06-14 15:30

and there is some date and time value:
2005-06-11 12:30

what is the "pythonic" way to check is the date/time value in the given periods range?

something like xrange:

a = xrange(1,5)
b = 3
if b in a:

.... print "OK"
thanks

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Maksim Kasimov
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[Peter Hansen]

Maksim Kasimov wrote:

what is the "pythonic" way to check is the date/time value in the given
periods range?

Something like this, though I won't make strong claims of
"pythonicness". If you want to use the "in" keyword you'll want a
custom class and overriding of __contains__.

import time
from datetime import datetime

def make_datetime(s, fmt='%Y-%m-%d %H:%M'):
'''convert string to datetime'''
ts = time.mktime(time.strptime(s, fmt))
return datetime.fromtimestamp(ts)
def inRange(s, ranges):
dt = make_datetime(s)
for begin,end in ranges:
if begin <= dt <= end:
return True
else:
return False
ranges = [(make_datetime(b), make_datetime(e)) for (b,e) in [
('2005-06-08 12:30', '2005-06-10 15:30'),
('2005-06-12 12:30', '2005-06-14 15:30'),
]]

print inRange('2005-06-11 12:30', ranges)

[Andrew Dalke]

Maksim Kasimov wrote:

there are few of a time periods, for example:
2005-06-08 12:30 -> 2005-06-10 15:30,
2005-06-12 12:30 -> 2005-06-14 15:30

and there is some date and time value:
2005-06-11 12:30

what is the "pythonic" way to check is the date/time value in the given periods range?

import datetime
t1 = datetime.datetime(2005, 6, 8, 12, 30)
t2 = datetime.datetime(2005, 6, 10, 15, 30)
t = datetime.datetime(2005, 6, 9, 14, 00)
if t1 < t < t2: .... print "In range"
....
In range t = datetime.datetime(2005, 6, 8, 14, 00)
if t1 < t < t2: .... print "In range"
....
In range t = datetime.datetime(2005, 6, 7, 14, 00)

if t1 < t < t2: .... print "In range"
....
If you want to use the "in" syntax
class InRange: .... def __init__(self, low, high):
.... self.low = low
.... self.high = high
.... def __contains__(self, obj):
.... return self.low < obj < self.high
.... r = InRange(t1, t2)
datetime.datetime(2005, 6, 7, 14, 00) in r False datetime.datetime(2005, 6, 8, 14, 00) in r True datetime.datetime(2005, 6, 9, 14, 00) in r True datetime.datetime(2005, 6, 9, 18, 00) in r True datetime.datetime(2005, 6, 10, 18, 00) in r False

Andrew
da***@dalkescientific.com