Recreating ISO format with strftime()
In the last chapter, you used strftime() to create strings from date objects. Now that you know about datetime objects, let's practice doing something similar.
Re-create the .isoformat() method, using .strftime(), and print the first trip start in our data set.
| Reference | |
|---|---|
| %Y | 4 digit year (0000-9999) |
| %m | 2 digit month (1-12) |
| %d | 2 digit day (1-31) |
| %H | 2 digit hour (0-23) |
| %M | 2 digit minute (0-59) |
| %S | 2 digit second (0-59) |
This is a part of the course
“Working with Dates and Times in Python”
Exercise instructions
- Complete
fmtto match the format of ISO 8601. - Print
first_startwith both.isoformat()and.strftime(); they should match.
Hands-on interactive exercise
Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.
# Import datetime
from datetime import datetime
# Pull out the start of the first trip
first_start = onebike_datetimes[0]['start']
# Format to feed to strftime()
fmt = "____"
# Print out date with .isoformat(), then with .strftime() to compare
print(first_start.isoformat())
print(____)