Time

[HMS Surprise]

I need to convert the string below into epoch seconds so that I can
perform substractions and additions. I assume I will need to break it
up into a time_t struct and use mktime. Two questions if you will
please:

Is there a way to use multiple separator characters for split similar
to awk's [|] style?

Could you point to an example of a python time_t struct?

05/11/2007 15:30

Thanks,

jvh

[HMS Surprise]

>
Could you point to an example of a python time_t struct?

Or maybe that should be a tm struct???

[HMS Surprise]

Sorry, reading a little closer I see that the time tuple is apparently
an ordinary list.

jvh

[John Machin]

On May 12, 7:46 am, HMS Surprise <[e-mail]:

[first message]

HS ==I need to convert the string below into epoch seconds so that I
can
perform substractions and additions.

JM ==I presume you mean "seconds since the epoch". You don't need to
do that.

HS ==I assume I will need to break it
up into a time_t struct and use mktime.

JM ==You assume wrongly. The time module exists (IMVHO) solely as a
crutch for people who are converting C etc code that uses the time.h
functions from the C standard library. If you are starting off from
scratch, use the Python datetime module -- especially if you need to
store and manipulate pre-1970 dates; e.g. the date of birth of anyone
aged more than about 37.5 years :-)

HS ==Two questions if you will
please:

Is there a way to use multiple separator characters for split similar
to awk's [|] style?

JM ==Only if you can find such a way in the manual.

HS ==Could you point to an example of a python time_t struct?

JM ==Python doesn't have that; it's a C concept
HS ==05/11/2007 15:30

[second message]

HS== Could you point to an example of a python time_t struct?

Or maybe that should be a tm struct???

JM ==See previous answer.

[third message]

HS ==Sorry, reading a little closer I see that the time tuple is
apparently
an ordinary list.

JM ==Huh? A tuple is a tuple. A tuple is not a list, not even a very
extraordinary one.

If you are desperate to use the time module, try this:

>>import time
s = "05/11/2007 15:30"
fmt = "%m/%d/%Y %H:%M"

# Given the current date, I'm presuming that your example indicates
that you adhere to the "month-first-contrary-to-common-sense"
religion :-)

>>time.strptime(s, fmt)

(2007, 5, 11, 15, 30, 0, 4, 131, -1)

otherwise:

>>import datetime
d1 = datetime.datetime.strptime(s, fmt)
d1

datetime.datetime(2007, 5, 11, 15, 30)

>>d2 = datetime.datetime(2007, 5, 1)
d2

datetime.datetime(2007, 5, 1, 0, 0)

>>delta = d1 - d2
delta

datetime.timedelta(10, 55800)

>>days_diff = delta.days + delta.seconds / 60. / 60. / 24.
days_diff

10.645833333333334

Do read the datetime module documentation for more info ... in
particular the timedelta object has a microseconds attribute; in
general there is a whole heap of functionality in there.

HTH,
John

[HMS Surprise]

Thanks for posting. I sure am sorry that I wasted your time. I should
have started the post stating I am using jython 2.2.3 and apparently
it has no datetime module. But I will keep datetime in mind for future
reference.

Since I had no datetime I cobbled out the following. Seems to work
thus far. Posted here for the general amusement of the list.

Regards,

jvh

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

from time import *
s = '05/11/2007 1:23 PM'
t = s.split()
mdy = t[0].split('/')

hrMn = t[1].split(':')
if t[2] == 'PM':
hrMn[0] = int(hrMn[0]) + 12

tuple =(int(mdy[2]), int(mdy[0]), int(mdy[1]), hrMn[0], int(hrMn[1]),
0,0,0,0)
print tuple

eTime = mktime(tuple)
print 'eTime', eTime

[kyosohma]

On May 14, 9:00 am, HMS Surprise <[e-mail]:

Thanks for posting. I sure am sorry that I wasted your time. I should
have started the post stating I am using jython 2.2.3 and apparently
it has no datetime module. But I will keep datetime in mind for future
reference.

Since I had no datetime I cobbled out the following. Seems to work
thus far. Posted here for the general amusement of the list.

Regards,

jvh

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

from time import *
s = '05/11/2007 1:23 PM'
t = s.split()
mdy = t[0].split('/')

hrMn = t[1].split(':')
if t[2] == 'PM':
hrMn[0] = int(hrMn[0]) + 12

tuple =(int(mdy[2]), int(mdy[0]), int(mdy[1]), hrMn[0], int(hrMn[1]),
0,0,0,0)
print tuple

eTime = mktime(tuple)
print 'eTime', eTime

Since jython works with Java, why not use Java's time/datetime
modules? Various links abound. Here are a few:

http://www.raditha.com/blog/archives/000552.html
http://www.xmission.com/~goodhill/dates/deltaDates.html
http://www.velocityreviews.com/forum...variables.html

Maybe those will give you some hints.

Mike

[HMS Surprise]

if t[2] == 'PM':
hrMn[0] = int(hrMn[0]) + 12

Oops, should be:
hrMn[0] = int(hrMn[0]
if t[2] == 'PM':
hrMn[0] += 12

[HMS Surprise]

On May 14, 9:09 am, [e-mail] wrote:

On May 14, 9:00 am, HMS Surprise <[e-mail]:

Thanks for posting. I sure am sorry that I wasted your time. I should
have started the post stating I am using jython 2.2.3 and apparently
it has no datetime module. But I will keep datetime in mind for future
reference.

Since I had no datetime I cobbled out the following. Seems to work
thus far. Posted here for the general amusement of the list.

Regards,

jvh

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

from time import *
s = '05/11/2007 1:23 PM'
t = s.split()
mdy = t[0].split('/')

hrMn = t[1].split(':')
if t[2] == 'PM':
hrMn[0] = int(hrMn[0]) + 12

tuple =(int(mdy[2]), int(mdy[0]), int(mdy[1]), hrMn[0], int(hrMn[1]),
0,0,0,0)
print tuple

eTime = mktime(tuple)
print 'eTime', eTime

Since jython works with Java, why not use Java's time/datetime
modules? Various links abound. Here are a few:

http://www.raditha.com/blog/archives...erence-in-date...

Maybe those will give you some hints.

Mike

Excellent idea.

Thanks Mike.
jvh

[HMS Surprise]

On May 14, 9:22 am, HMS Surprise <[e-mail]:

if t[2] == 'PM':
hrMn[0] = int(hrMn[0]) + 12

Oops, should be:
hrMn[0] = int(hrMn[0]
if t[2] == 'PM':
hrMn[0] += 12

Oops +=1, should be:
hrMn[0] = int(hrMn[0]
if t[2] == 'PM':
hrMn[0] += 12

Need more starter fluid, coffee please!!!

[Gabriel Genellina]

En Mon, 14 May 2007 11:27:35 -0300, HMS Surprise <jo**@datavoiceint.com>
escribió:

On May 14, 9:22 am, HMS Surprise <[e-mail]:

Oops +=1, should be:
hrMn[0] = int(hrMn[0]
if t[2] == 'PM':
hrMn[0] += 12

Need more starter fluid, coffee please!!!

Still won't work for 12 AM nor 12 PM...

--
Gabriel Genellina

[Grant Edwards]

On 2007-05-14, Gabriel Genellina <ga*******@yahoo.com.arwrote:

En Mon, 14 May 2007 11:27:35 -0300, HMS Surprise <jo**@datavoiceint.com>
escribió:

>On May 14, 9:22 am, HMS Surprise <[e-mail]:

Oops +=1, should be:
hrMn[0] = int(hrMn[0]
if t[2] == 'PM':
hrMn[0] += 12

Need more starter fluid, coffee please!!!

Still won't work for 12 AM nor 12 PM...

Do you mean 12 Noon or 12 Midnight? 12AM and 12PM don't exist,
do they?

--
Grant Edwards grante Yow! HELLO, everybody,
at I'm a HUMAN!!
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[Grant Edwards]

On 2007-05-14, Grant Edwards <gr****@visi.comwrote:

On 2007-05-14, Gabriel Genellina <ga*******@yahoo.com.arwrote:

>En Mon, 14 May 2007 11:27:35 -0300, HMS Surprise <jo**@datavoiceint.com>
escribió:

>>On May 14, 9:22 am, HMS Surprise <[e-mail]:

Oops +=1, should be:
hrMn[0] = int(hrMn[0]
if t[2] == 'PM':
hrMn[0] += 12

Need more starter fluid, coffee please!!!

Still won't work for 12 AM nor 12 PM...

Do you mean 12 Noon or 12 Midnight? 12AM and 12PM don't exist,
do they?

http://www.astronomy.net/articles/13/
--
Grant Edwards grante Yow! I am a jelly donut.
at I am a jelly donut.
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[Gabriel Genellina]

En Mon, 14 May 2007 16:20:27 -0300, Grant Edwards <gr****@visi.com>
escribió:

>>>On May 14, 9:22 am, HMS Surprise <[e-mail]:

Oops +=1, should be:
hrMn[0] = int(hrMn[0]
if t[2] == 'PM':
hrMn[0] += 12

Need more starter fluid, coffee please!!!

Still won't work for 12 AM nor 12 PM...

Do you mean 12 Noon or 12 Midnight? 12AM and 12PM don't exist,
do they?

http://www.astronomy.net/articles/13/

No. Even ignoring that exact instant at Noon or Midnight, 12:01 PM
translates into itself, 12:01, on a 24 hr clock; and 12:01 AM becomes 0:01
on a 24 hr clock. For hours between 01 PM and 11 PM, yes, you can follow
the rule "add 12".

--
Gabriel Genellina

[HMS Surprise]

>
Do you mean 12 Noon or 12 Midnight? 12AM and 12PM don't exist,
do they?

>>t = (2007, 5, 14, 12, 0,0,0,0,0)
strftime('%p', t)

'PM'

>>t = (2007, 5, 14, 0,0,0,0,0,0)
strftime('%p', t)

'AM'

>>>