Time Functions in Python | Set-2 (Date

Manipulations)
Some of Time Functions are discussed in Set 1
Date manipulation can also be performed using Python using “datetime” module and using
“date” class in it.

Operations on Date :
1. MINYEAR :- It displays the minimum year that can be represented using date class.
2. MAXYEAR :- It displays the maximum year that can be represented using date class.

# Python code to demonstrate the working of

# MINYEAR and MAXYEAR
 
# importing built in module datetime
import datetime
from datetime import date
 
# using MINYEAR to print minimum representable year
print ("Minimum representable year is : ",end="")
print (datetime.MINYEAR)
 
# using MAXYEAR to print maximum representable year
print ("Maximum representable year is : ",end="")
print (datetime.MAXYEAR)

Output:

Minimum representable year is : 1

Maximum representable year is : 9999

3. date(yyyy-mm-dd) :- This function returns a string with passed arguments in order of

year, months and date.
4. today() :- Returns the date of present day in the format yyyy-mm-dd.
# Python code to demonstrate the working of
# date() and today()
 
# importing built in module datetime
import datetime
from datetime import date
 
# using date() to represent date
print ("The represented date is : ",end="")
print (datetime.date(1997,4,1))
 
# using today() to print present date
print ("Present date is : ",end="")
print (date.today())

Output:
The represented date is : 1997-04-01

Present date is : 2016-08-02

5. fromtimestamp(sec) :- It returns the date calculated from the seconds  elapsed

since epoch mentioned in arguments.
6. min() :- This returns the minimum date that can be represented by date class.
7. max() :- This returns the maximum date that can be represented by date class.
# Python code to demonstrate the working of
# fromtimestamp(), min() and max()
 
# importing built in module datetime
import datetime
from datetime import date
 
# using fromtimestamp() to calculate date
print ("The calculated date from seconds is : ",end="")
print (date.fromtimestamp(3452435))
 
# using min() to print minimum representable date
print ("Minimum representable date is : ",end="")
print (date.min)
 
# using max() to print minimum representable date
print ("Maximum representable date is : ",end="")
print (date.max)

Output:

The calculated date from seconds is : 1970-02-09

Minimum representable date is : 0001-01-01

Maximum representable date is : 9999-12-31