python-datetime

Fix Python – How to calculate the time interval between two time strings

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I have two times, a start and a stop time, in the format of 10:33:26 (HH:MM:SS). I need the difference between the two times. I’ve been looking through documentation for Python and searching online and I would imagine it would have something to do with the datetime and/or time modules. I can’t get it to work properly and keep finding only how t….

Fix Python – How to convert a UTC datetime to a local datetime using only standard library?

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I have a python datetime instance that was created using datetime.utcnow() and persisted in database.
For display, I would like to convert the datetime instance retrieved from the database to local datetime using the default local timezone (i.e., as if the datetime was created using datetime.now()).
How can I convert the UTC datetime to a local da….

Fix Python – How to make a timezone aware datetime object

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What I need to do
I have a timezone-unaware datetime object, to which I need to add a time zone in order to be able to compare it with other timezone-aware datetime objects. I do not want to convert my entire application to timezone unaware for this one legacy case.
What I’ve Tried
First, to demonstrate the problem:
Python 2.6.1 (r261:67515, Jun 2….