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Help needed in finding a library for this project - PythonEnthusiast1729 - Dec-25-2023
Hey everyone, I just got an idea to make a automation project but I didn't know which library it needed. The automation project involves time, which means that the library should be able to detect time. For example this code should be able to check if it is 5PM or not in my PC. Could someone please suggest a library which can do this. I tried searching online for the library but I couldn't find any. Thank you
RE: Help needed in finding a library for this project - Pedroski55 - Dec-25-2023
Happy Christmas!
You need datetime! Look up the docs for all the %letter parameters.
from datetime import datetime
now = datetime.now()
print(now.strftime('Hour (00-11) : %I'))
print(now.strftime('AM/PM : %p'))
print(now.strftime('%I%p'))
hour = now.strftime('%I%p')
if hour == '05PM':
do something
RE: Help needed in finding a library for this project - PythonEnthusiast1729 - Dec-25-2023
Pedroski55 Wrote:You need datetime! Look up the docs for all the %letter parameters.Hey Pedroski55, Thanks and Happy Christmas to you as well!.
Now finally thanks to you, I can learn more about this library and get started with my project
RE: Help needed in finding a library for this project - Larz60+ - Dec-25-2023
FYI: you may also want to take a look at Doug Hellmann's PYMOTW3 on datetime here.
This is an excellent write-up with many examples.
RE: Help needed in finding a library for this project - PythonEnthusiast1729 - Dec-26-2023
(Dec-25-2023, 04:25 PM)Larz60+ Wrote: FYI: you may also want to take a look at Doug Hellmann's PYMOTW3 on datetime here.
This is an excellent write-up with many examples.
Hey, @Larz60+, I just went through the document and it is actually very informative. I will make sure to learn the library from this document. Thanks!
RE: Help needed in finding a library for this project - PythonEnthusiast1729 - Dec-26-2023
I was just reading through the document and I couldn't find how to display the time now
They have showed us how to display todays date but not how to display the time at any exact moment
Could you please help me figure out how to display the time of any exact moment?
Thank you!
RE: Help needed in finding a library for this project - deanhystad - Dec-26-2023
On the mentioned website:
print('Now :', datetime.datetime.now())
RE: Help needed in finding a library for this project - PythonEnthusiast1729 - Dec-27-2023
(Dec-26-2023, 04:39 PM)deanhystad Wrote: On the mentioned website:
print('Now :', datetime.datetime.now())
Oh ok, This is how you do it
Thank you!