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`strftime` is a C standard library function to format date and time into a readable form that has also been ported into other programming language standard libraries

strftime is a C standard library function to format date and time into a readable form that has also been ported into other programming language standard libraries

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YYYY-MM-DD format date in shell script

I tried using $(date) in my bash shell script, however, I want the date in YYYY-MM-DD format. How do I get this?
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Converting unix timestamp string to readable date

I have a string representing a unix timestamp (i.e. "1284101485") in Python, and I'd like to convert it to a readable date. When I use time.strftime, I get a TypeError: >>>import time >>>print time.strftime("%B %d %Y", "1284101485") Traceback (most…
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Python strftime - date without leading 0?

When using Python strftime, is there a way to remove the first 0 of the date if it's before the 10th, ie. so 01 is 1? Can't find a %thingy for that? Thanks!
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Convert python datetime to epoch with strftime

I have a time in UTC from which I want the number of seconds since epoch. I am using strftime to convert it to the number of seconds. Taking 1st April 2012 as an example. >>>datetime.datetime(2012,04,01,0,0).strftime('%s') '1333234800' 1st of April…
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How to change the datetime format in Pandas

My dataframe has a DOB column (example format 1/1/2016) which by default gets converted to Pandas dtype 'object'. Converting this to date format with df['DOB'] = pd.to_datetime(df['DOB']), the date gets converted to: 2016-01-26 and its dtype is:…
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Parse date string and change format

I have a date string with the format 'Mon Feb 15 2010'. I want to change the format to '15/02/2010'. How can I do this?
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What exactly does the T and Z mean in timestamp?

I have this timestamp value being return by a web service "2014-09-12T19:34:29Z" I know that it means timezone, but what exactly does it mean? And I am trying to mock this web service, so is there a way to generate this timestamp using strftime in…
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How to convert a date string to different format

I need to convert date string "2013-1-25" to string "1/25/13" in python. I looked at the datetime.strptime but still can't find a way for this.
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Using %f with strftime() in Python to get microseconds

I'm trying to use strftime() to microsecond precision, which seems possible using %f (as stated here). However when I try the following code: import time import strftime from time print strftime("%H:%M:%S.%f") ...I get the hour, the minutes and…
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Ruby strftime: Month without leading zero?

Does Ruby's strftime have a format for the month without a leading zero? I found %e for getting the day without the leading zero, but not having any luck with the month. Ultimately wanting a date formatted like: 9/1/2010
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Rails: How to make Date strftime aware of the default locale?

I have my default locale set in the environment.rb as de (German). I also see all the error messages in German, so the locale is picked up by the server. But when I try to print date with strftime like following: some_date.strftime('%B, %y') It…
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Display the date, like "May 5th", using pythons strftime?

Possible Duplicate: Python: Date Ordinal Output? In Python time.strftime can produce output like "Thursday May 05" easily enough, but I would like to generate a string like "Thursday May 5th" (notice the additional "th" on the date). What is the…
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How do I strftime a date object in a different locale?

I have a date object in python and I need to generate a time stamp in the C locale for a legacy system, using the %a (weekday) and %b (month) codes. However I do not wish to change the application's locale, since other parts need to respect the…
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C++11 alternative to localtime_r

C++ defines time formatting functions in terms of strftime, which requires a struct tm "broken-down time" record. However, the C and C++03 languages provide no thread-safe way to obtain such a record; there is just one master struct tm for the whole…
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Use datetime.strftime() on years before 1900? ("require year >= 1900")

I used : utctime = datetime.datetime(1601,1,1) + datetime.timedelta(microseconds = tup[5]) last_visit_time = "Last visit time:"+ utctime.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') But I have the time of 1601, so the error show: ValueError: year=1601 is before…
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