datetime

Coverting a string to a formatted date-time string using Python

I'm trying to convert a string "20091229050936" into "05:09 29 December 2009 (UTC)" >>>import time >>>s = time.strptime("20091229050936", "%Y%m%d%H%M%S") >>>print s.strftime('%H:%M %d %B %Y (UTC)') gives AttributeError: 'time.struct_time' object has no attribute 'strftime' clearly, I've made a mistake: time is wrong, it's a datetime ...

How to format date in SQLite according to current locale format settings?

I need to match on a date using the LIKE operator. The date should be in current user's local format, not in the general format. So I use the strftime function like this: WHERE strftime('%d.%m.%Y %H:%M', createdDate, 'localtime') LIKE '%{searchTerm}%' Unfortunately this works only for fixed format '%d.%m.%Y %H:%M'. But I want to use ...

Determine dates by number of days, "what date is 180 days from now

How to determine dates by number of days from now - "What date is 180 days from now?" ...

Filtering SQL by correct time spans in vb.net

I have a table that has two time columns. One is a login time one is a logout time. I would like to be able to filter between the two, basically greater than the minimum selected and less than the maximum selected. I am using a monthly calendar to get me the spans of time but it is not working correctly. From there I would like to add th...

How do LINQ queries against the Entity Framework communicate dates to a SQL Server?

I'm using two LINQ queries to access my database using Entity Framework: The first stores a token in the database and gives it a 60 second timeout: string tokenHash = GetTokenHash(); Token token = new Token() { Client = client, Expiry = DateTime.Now.AddSeconds(60), UserId = userId, TokenHash = tokenHash, }; context.AddT...

C# Convert DateTime To Sql Server 2005 Format

How Can I Turn This DateTime value into something that Sql Server 2005 won't shout at me for. 2007-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 (All I care about is the date, NOT the time). I get this error when I tried to pass this argument to my stored procedure as a DateTime variable (Both the C# object and the Sql Server object are DateTime variables and...

DateTime.TryParse all possible type of dates

I want to check if a date has a correct format. There is many possibilities of correct dates like: 02.08.2010 2.8.2010 02.8.2010 02.08 02.August ... I can test each on with code like this: if (DateTime.TryParse(DateTime.ParseExact(date, "dd.M.", new CultureInfo("sl-SI")).ToString(), out dt)) But then...

Convert String to DateTime

I have a string like this: "20090212" and I want to convert to valid C# datetime. Do I need to parse it out because that seems too much work? ...

Using monthcalendar control, when i select a day and use that as a filter for my SQL it does not work as expected

I am trying to use the selectionstart and selectionend attributes from monthcalendar to filter between two login dates in a table. When I chose one single day, this does not work correctly. If i chose the day before and the day after the day in question then it will. The time values in my DB are like this: 2/23/2010 11:17:01 AM Both ...

timing block of code in Python without putting it in a function

I'd like to time a block of code without putting it in a separate function. for example: def myfunc: # some code here t1 = time.time() # block of code to time here t2 = time.time() print "Code took %s seconds." %(str(t2-t1)) however, I'd like to do this with the timeit module in a cleaner way, but I don't want to make a sepa...

Exceptions with DateTime parsing in RSS feed in C#

I'm trying to parse Rss2, Atom feeds using SyndicationFeedFormatter and SyndicationFeed objects. But I'm getting XmlExceptions while parsing DateTime field like pubDate and/or lastBuildDate. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:56:04 GMT+00:00 does not work Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:56:04 GMT works So, it's throwing due to the timezone field. As a ...

How to apply formatting string when binding DateTime to MaskedTextBox?

I have a MaskedTextBox that has the mask 00/00/\2\000 (restricting input to XX/XX/20XX) and DateTime values with a single digit month or day recently started displaying incorrectly. The MaskedTextBox.Text property is bound to BindingSource.SomeProperty (of type DateTime.) I know that at some level of data-binding the ToString method is...

How I can I convert timezones in Perl?

I am trying to convert a date/time GMT 0 to GMT -6 in Perl. For example, a DHCP Server lease time is in the following format: 2010/02/18 23:48:37 I am trying to convert that time to the Localtime zone (GMT -6) but need it to honor Daylight savings time. The script below may be overkill, but I am not sure how to proceed from here...

Check if the time is past 9pm using PHP

What I am trying to do is I have a selected date formatted as below: $selectedDate = 2010/02/24 I want to check it is both todays date and it is past 9pm on the server and set a value if it is. I can get a time by using the following: $checkTime = date("H:i"); I want to create something like: if ($checkTime > 21:00 && $selectedD...

datetime.datetime.utcnow() why no tzinfo?

datetime.datetime.utcnow() datetime.datetime(2010, 2, 25, 4, 14, 37, 366086) Why does this datetime not have any tz info say its a utc date. ...

Linq Date Performance Death

Hi, I have a database that stores dates broken into int's. I.e. Day, Month and Year are stored separately in different columns. In existing SQL queries, the method used is: DATEADD(dd, - 1, DATEADD(mm, Z.LastMonth, DATEADD(yy, Z.LastYear - 1900, 0))) AS last_date I cannot change the database to store dates instead. Looking further i...

datetime searching using sub-sections of the YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM string

[MySQL/PHP] My table has a date column of datetime format. All records are of the YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS variety. MySQL queries like SELECT record FROM table WHERE date > '1941' AND date < '1945' work nicely. MySQL queries like SELECT record FROM table WHERE date > '1941-03-01' AND date < '1945-01-30' also work nicely. But what about if ...

Parse timezone abbreviation to UTC

How can I convert a date time string of the form Feb 25 2010, 16:19:20 CET to the unix epoch? Currently my best approach is to use time.strptime() is this: def to_unixepoch(s): # ignore the time zone in strptime a = s.split() b = time.strptime(" ".join(a[:-1]) + " UTC", "%b %d %Y, %H:%M:%S %Z") # this puts the time_tupl...

C# Last Request Time

I am in a C#/ASP.NET environment. I have a web app that has a series of users logged in - and I have a master user who needs to know the last time all other logged in users went to a page (i.e. makes a Http request). I am able to get a listing of all the users through a set of session variables through the Application variable - but I a...

Adding dates in JavaScript in one line

Hi everyone, I'm trying to perform date manipulations using JavaScript on a single line, and I'm having problems with the year (not the month or day). I got the idea from this link. Am I missing something? The code is as follows: var newyear = new Date((new Date()).getYear(), (new Date()).getMonth(), (new Date()).getDate()+5).getFullYe...