NumPy: DateTime Exercises, Practice, Solution

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NumPy DateTime [7 exercises with solution]

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1. Write a NumPy program to display all the dates for the month of March, 2017. Go to the editor
Expected Output:
March, 2017
['2017-03-01' '2017-03-02' '2017-03-03' '2017-03-04' '2017-03-05'
'2017-03-06' '2017-03-07' '2017-03-08' '2017-03-09' '2017-03-10'
'2017-03-11' '2017-03-12' '2017-03-13' '2017-03-14' '2017-03-15'
'2017-03-16' '2017-03-17' '2017-03-18' '2017-03-19' '2017-03-20'
'2017-03-21' '2017-03-22' '2017-03-23' '2017-03-24' '2017-03-25'
'2017-03-26' '2017-03-27' '2017-03-28' '2017-03-29' '2017-03-30'
'2017-03-31']
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2. Write a NumPy program to get the dates of yesterday, today and tomorrow. Go to the editor
Sample Output:
Yestraday: 2017-03-24
Today: 2017-03-25
Tomorrow: 2017-03-26
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3. Write a NumPy program to count the number of days of specific month. Go to the editor
Expected Output:
Number of days, February, 2016:
29 days
Number of days, February, 2017:
28 days
Number of days, February, 2018:
28 days
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4. Write a NumPy program to create 24 python datetime.datetime objects (single object for every hour), and then put it in a numpy array. Go to the editor
Expected Output:
[datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 0, 0) datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 1, 0)
datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 2, 0) datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 3, 0)
datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 4, 0) datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 5, 0)
datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 6, 0) datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 7, 0)
datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 8, 0) datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 9, 0)
datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 10, 0) datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 11, 0)
datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 12, 0) datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 13, 0)
datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 14, 0) datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 15, 0)
datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 16, 0) datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 17, 0)
datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 18, 0) datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 19, 0)
datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 20, 0) datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 21, 0)
datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 22, 0) datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 23, 0)]
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5. Write a NumPy program to find the first Monday in May 2017. Go to the editor
Expected Output:
First Monday in May 2017:
2017-05-01
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6. Write a NumPy program to find the number of weekdays in March 2017. Go to the editor
Note: "busday" default of Monday through Friday being valid days.
Sample Output:
Number of weekdays in March 2017:
23
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7. Write a NumPy program to convert numpy datetime64 to Timestamp. Go to the editor
Sample output:
Current date:
2017-04-01 08:01:12.722055
Timestamp:
1491033672.72
UTC from Timestamp:
2017-04-01 08:01:12.722055
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Python: Tips of the Day

Find current directory and file's directory:

To get the full path to the directory a Python file is contained in, write this in that file:

import os dir_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))

(Note that the incantation above won't work if you've already used os.chdir() to change your current working directory, since the value of the __file__ constant is relative to the current working directory and is not changed by an os.chdir() call.)

To get the current working directory use

import os cwd = os.getcwd()

Documentation references for the modules, constants and functions used above:

The os and os.path modules.

The __file__ constant

os.path.realpath(path) (returns "the canonical path of the specified filename, eliminating any symbolic links encountered in the path")

os.path.dirname(path) (returns "the directory name of pathname path")

os.getcwd() (returns "a string representing the current working directory")

os.chdir(path) ("change the current working directory to path")

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