Creating datetimes for dates
Imagine that as a financial analyst, you are trying to understand the history of market crashes. In order to represent crashes in your code, you want to represent the times that they occurred. Two significant market crashes are the Kennedy Slide, also known as the Flash Crash, which started May 28, 1962, and the Black Monday crash of October 19th, 1987.
Cet exercice fait partie du cours
Intermediate Python for Finance
Instructions
- Create a datetime for the current time.
- Create a datetime to represent the time of the Flash Crash.
- Create a datetime to represent the time of the Black Monday Crash.
Exercice interactif pratique
Essayez cet exercice en complétant cet exemple de code.
import datetime
# Date and time now
now = datetime.datetime.____()
print(now)
# Flash crash May 28, 1962
flash_crash = datetime.datetime(____, 5, 28)
print(flash_crash)
# Black Monday Oct 19, 1987
black_monday = datetime.____(____, ____, ____)
print(black_monday)