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7.5.12 DateTime Objects
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<P>
Various date and time objects are supplied by the <tt class="module">datetime</tt>
module. Before using any of these functions, the header file
<span class="file">datetime.h</span> must be included in your source (note that this is
not include by <span class="file">Python.h</span>), and macro <tt class="cfunction">PyDateTime_IMPORT()</tt>
must be invoked. The macro arranges to put a pointer to a C structure
in a static variable <code>PyDateTimeAPI</code>, which is used by the following
macros.
<P>
Type-check macros:
<P>
<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>int <b><tt id='l2h-745' xml:id='l2h-745' class="cfunction">PyDate_Check</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>PyObject *<var>ob</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Return true if <var>ob</var> is of type <tt class="cdata">PyDateTime_DateType</tt> or
a subtype of <tt class="cdata">PyDateTime_DateType</tt>. <var>ob</var> must not be
<tt class="constant">NULL</tt>.
<span class="versionnote">New in version 2.4.</span>
</dd></dl>
<P>
<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>int <b><tt id='l2h-746' xml:id='l2h-746' class="cfunction">PyDate_CheckExact</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>PyObject *<var>ob</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Return true if <var>ob</var> is of type <tt class="cdata">PyDateTime_DateType</tt>.
<var>ob</var> must not be <tt class="constant">NULL</tt>.
<span class="versionnote">New in version 2.4.</span>
</dd></dl>
<P>
<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>int <b><tt id='l2h-747' xml:id='l2h-747' class="cfunction">PyDateTime_Check</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>PyObject *<var>ob</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Return true if <var>ob</var> is of type <tt class="cdata">PyDateTime_DateTimeType</tt> or
a subtype of <tt class="cdata">PyDateTime_DateTimeType</tt>. <var>ob</var> must not be
<tt class="constant">NULL</tt>.
<span class="versionnote">New in version 2.4.</span>
</dd></dl>
<P>
<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>int <b><tt id='l2h-748' xml:id='l2h-748' class="cfunction">PyDateTime_CheckExact</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>PyObject *<var>ob</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Return true if <var>ob</var> is of type <tt class="cdata">PyDateTime_DateTimeType</tt>.
<var>ob</var> must not be <tt class="constant">NULL</tt>.
<span class="versionnote">New in version 2.4.</span>
</dd></dl>
<P>
<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>int <b><tt id='l2h-749' xml:id='l2h-749' class="cfunction">PyTime_Check</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>PyObject *<var>ob</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Return true if <var>ob</var> is of type <tt class="cdata">PyDateTime_TimeType</tt> or
a subtype of <tt class="cdata">PyDateTime_TimeType</tt>. <var>ob</var> must not be
<tt class="constant">NULL</tt>.
<span class="versionnote">New in version 2.4.</span>
</dd></dl>
<P>
<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>int <b><tt id='l2h-750' xml:id='l2h-750' class="cfunction">PyTime_CheckExact</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>PyObject *<var>ob</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Return true if <var>ob</var> is of type <tt class="cdata">PyDateTime_TimeType</tt>.
<var>ob</var> must not be <tt class="constant">NULL</tt>.
<span class="versionnote">New in version 2.4.</span>
</dd></dl>
<P>
<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>int <b><tt id='l2h-751' xml:id='l2h-751' class="cfunction">PyDelta_Check</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>PyObject *<var>ob</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Return true if <var>ob</var> is of type <tt class="cdata">PyDateTime_DeltaType</tt> or
a subtype of <tt class="cdata">PyDateTime_DeltaType</tt>. <var>ob</var> must not be
<tt class="constant">NULL</tt>.
<span class="versionnote">New in version 2.4.</span>
</dd></dl>
<P>
<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>int <b><tt id='l2h-752' xml:id='l2h-752' class="cfunction">PyDelta_CheckExact</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>PyObject *<var>ob</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Return true if <var>ob</var> is of type <tt class="cdata">PyDateTime_DeltaType</tt>.
<var>ob</var> must not be <tt class="constant">NULL</tt>.
<span class="versionnote">New in version 2.4.</span>
</dd></dl>
<P>
<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>int <b><tt id='l2h-753' xml:id='l2h-753' class="cfunction">PyTZInfo_Check</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>PyObject *<var>ob</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Return true if <var>ob</var> is of type <tt class="cdata">PyDateTime_TZInfoType</tt> or
a subtype of <tt class="cdata">PyDateTime_TZInfoType</tt>. <var>ob</var> must not be
<tt class="constant">NULL</tt>.
<span class="versionnote">New in version 2.4.</span>
</dd></dl>
<P>
<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>int <b><tt id='l2h-754' xml:id='l2h-754' class="cfunction">PyTZInfo_CheckExact</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>PyObject *<var>ob</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Return true if <var>ob</var> is of type <tt class="cdata">PyDateTime_TZInfoType</tt>.
<var>ob</var> must not be <tt class="constant">NULL</tt>.
<span class="versionnote">New in version 2.4.</span>
</dd></dl>
<P>
Macros to create objects:
<P>
<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>PyObject* <b><tt id='l2h-755' xml:id='l2h-755' class="cfunction">PyDate_FromDate</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>int <var>year</var>, int <var>month</var>, int <var>day</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Return a <code>datetime.date</code> object with the specified year, month
and day.
<span class="versionnote">New in version 2.4.</span>
</dd></dl>
<P>
<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>PyObject* <b><tt id='l2h-756' xml:id='l2h-756' class="cfunction">PyDateTime_FromDateAndTime</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>int <var>year</var>, int <var>month</var>,
int <var>day</var>, int <var>hour</var>, int <var>minute</var>, int <var>second</var>, int <var>usecond</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Return a <code>datetime.datetime</code> object with the specified year, month,
day, hour, minute, second and microsecond.
<span class="versionnote">New in version 2.4.</span>
</dd></dl>
<P>
<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>PyObject* <b><tt id='l2h-757' xml:id='l2h-757' class="cfunction">PyTime_FromTime</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>int <var>hour</var>, int <var>minute</var>,
int <var>second</var>, int <var>usecond</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Return a <code>datetime.time</code> object with the specified hour, minute,
second and microsecond.
<span class="versionnote">New in version 2.4.</span>
</dd></dl>
<P>
<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>PyObject* <b><tt id='l2h-758' xml:id='l2h-758' class="cfunction">PyDelta_FromDSU</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>int <var>days</var>, int <var>seconds</var>,
int <var>useconds</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Return a <code>datetime.timedelta</code> object representing the given number
of days, seconds and microseconds. Normalization is performed so that
the resulting number of microseconds and seconds lie in the ranges
documented for <code>datetime.timedelta</code> objects.
<span class="versionnote">New in version 2.4.</span>
</dd></dl>
<P>
Macros to extract fields from date objects. The argument must be an
instance of <tt class="cdata">PyDateTime_Date</tt>, including subclasses (such as
<tt class="cdata">PyDateTime_DateTime</tt>). The argument must not be <tt class="constant">NULL</tt>, and
the type is not checked:
<P>
<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>int <b><tt id='l2h-759' xml:id='l2h-759' class="cfunction">PyDateTime_GET_YEAR</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>PyDateTime_Date *<var>o</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Return the year, as a positive int.
<span class="versionnote">New in version 2.4.</span>
</dd></dl>
<P>
<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>int <b><tt id='l2h-760' xml:id='l2h-760' class="cfunction">PyDateTime_GET_MONTH</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>PyDateTime_Date *<var>o</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Return the month, as an int from 1 through 12.
<span class="versionnote">New in version 2.4.</span>
</dd></dl>
<P>
<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>int <b><tt id='l2h-761' xml:id='l2h-761' class="cfunction">PyDateTime_GET_DAY</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>PyDateTime_Date *<var>o</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Return the day, as an int from 1 through 31.
<span class="versionnote">New in version 2.4.</span>
</dd></dl>
<P>
Macros to extract fields from datetime objects. The argument must be an
instance of <tt class="cdata">PyDateTime_DateTime</tt>, including subclasses.
The argument must not be <tt class="constant">NULL</tt>, and the type is not checked:
<P>
<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>int <b><tt id='l2h-762' xml:id='l2h-762' class="cfunction">PyDateTime_DATE_GET_HOUR</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>PyDateTime_DateTime *<var>o</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Return the hour, as an int from 0 through 23.
<span class="versionnote">New in version 2.4.</span>
</dd></dl>
<P>
<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>int <b><tt id='l2h-763' xml:id='l2h-763' class="cfunction">PyDateTime_DATE_GET_MINUTE</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>PyDateTime_DateTime *<var>o</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Return the minute, as an int from 0 through 59.
<span class="versionnote">New in version 2.4.</span>
</dd></dl>
<P>
<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>int <b><tt id='l2h-764' xml:id='l2h-764' class="cfunction">PyDateTime_DATE_GET_SECOND</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>PyDateTime_DateTime *<var>o</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Return the second, as an int from 0 through 59.
<span class="versionnote">New in version 2.4.</span>
</dd></dl>
<P>
<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>int <b><tt id='l2h-765' xml:id='l2h-765' class="cfunction">PyDateTime_DATE_GET_MICROSECOND</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>PyDateTime_DateTime *<var>o</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Return the microsecond, as an int from 0 through 999999.
<span class="versionnote">New in version 2.4.</span>
</dd></dl>
<P>
Macros to extract fields from time objects. The argument must be an
instance of <tt class="cdata">PyDateTime_Time</tt>, including subclasses.
The argument must not be <tt class="constant">NULL</tt>, and the type is not checked:
<P>
<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>int <b><tt id='l2h-766' xml:id='l2h-766' class="cfunction">PyDateTime_TIME_GET_HOUR</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>PyDateTime_Time *<var>o</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Return the hour, as an int from 0 through 23.
<span class="versionnote">New in version 2.4.</span>
</dd></dl>
<P>
<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>int <b><tt id='l2h-767' xml:id='l2h-767' class="cfunction">PyDateTime_TIME_GET_MINUTE</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>PyDateTime_Time *<var>o</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Return the minute, as an int from 0 through 59.
<span class="versionnote">New in version 2.4.</span>
</dd></dl>
<P>
<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>int <b><tt id='l2h-768' xml:id='l2h-768' class="cfunction">PyDateTime_TIME_GET_SECOND</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>PyDateTime_Time *<var>o</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Return the second, as an int from 0 through 59.
<span class="versionnote">New in version 2.4.</span>
</dd></dl>
<P>
<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>int <b><tt id='l2h-769' xml:id='l2h-769' class="cfunction">PyDateTime_TIME_GET_MICROSECOND</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>PyDateTime_Time *<var>o</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Return the microsecond, as an int from 0 through 999999.
<span class="versionnote">New in version 2.4.</span>
</dd></dl>
<P>
Macros for the convenience of modules implementing the DB API:
<P>
<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>PyObject* <b><tt id='l2h-770' xml:id='l2h-770' class="cfunction">PyDateTime_FromTimestamp</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>PyObject *<var>args</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Create and return a new <code>datetime.datetime</code> object given an argument
tuple suitable for passing to <code>datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp()</code>.
<span class="versionnote">New in version 2.4.</span>
</dd></dl>
<P>
<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>PyObject* <b><tt id='l2h-771' xml:id='l2h-771' class="cfunction">PyDate_FromTimestamp</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>PyObject *<var>args</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Create and return a new <code>datetime.date</code> object given an argument
tuple suitable for passing to <code>datetime.date.fromtimestamp()</code>.
<span class="versionnote">New in version 2.4.</span>
</dd></dl>
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