Dates and Times in Python Course

Dates and Times

Let's look at the datetime library and its datetime class. We'll also see how to manipulate these objects, turn them into strings, and more.

• Manipulating Time Already

  6:50

• now() and .replace()

  4 objectives

• Time Deltas

  4:39

• Timedeltas

  4 questions

• Far Away

  1 objective

• Today and Tomorrow

  4:06

• Timedelta Minute

  1 objective

• Dating Methods

  7:28

• strftime & strptime

  2 objectives

• Wikipedia Links

  4:35

• Time Tango

  1 objective

Let's Build a Timed Quiz App

To make sure we understand datetimes and timedeltas, let's build a small app that'll time us answering math questions.

• The Question Classes & the Plan

  7:09

• Simple Time Machine

  1 objective

• The Quiz Class

  7:38

• Harder Time Machine

  1 objective

• Taking The Quiz

  4:49

• Timestamp Ordering

  1 objective

• Extra Credit

  Expand the script so that:

  • You can vary the number of questions
  • You can change the range of numbers
  • Add Subtraction questions

Where on Earth do Timezones Make Sense?

Timezones are often an amazingly confusing part of programming. Let's make them simpler using datetime and the pytz library.

• Introduction to Timezones

  5:07

• Timezone Maker

  3 objectives

• Datetime Awareness

  2 objectives

• Actually, Use pytz Instead

  8:59

• pytz Format

  2 objectives

• Timezonapalooza

  7:52

• Timezone Strings

  1 objective

• Review: Dates and Times in Python

  6 questions