Function Name:
replace
Function Signature:
replace()
Function Overview:
- The function replace() is to replace specific or all the attributes of a datetime object.
- Date attributes of a datetime object that can be replaced by the replace() function:
- year
- month
- day
- Time attributes of a datetime object that can be replaced by the replace() function:
- hour
- minute
- second
- microsecond
- Attributes related to the timezone information that can be replaced
- tzinfo
- DST attributes that can be replaced by the replace function:
- fold
Example:
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import datetime
# New year's eve of 2020 newYearEve2020 = datetime.datetime(2019, 12, 31, 12, 59, 59, 99)
# Make it the next day by calling replace function newYearDate2020 = newYearEve2020.replace(2020, 1, 1, 00, 00, 00, 00)
print("2020 New year's eve {}".format(newYearEve2020)) print("2020 New year {}".format(newYearDate2020))
# Make the new year date timezone aware estTimeDelta = datetime.timedelta(hours=-5)
# Create a timezone instance for EST tzObject = datetime.timezone(estTimeDelta, name="EST")
newYearDate2020EST = newYearEve2020.replace(2020, 1, 1, 00, 00, 00, 00,tzObject)
print("2020 New year in EST:{}".format(newYearDate2020EST))
#create a timedate object using splat operator timeDateTuple = (2020, 1, 2, 00, 00, 00, 00) newYearNextDay2020 = newYearDate2020EST.replace(*timeDateTuple) print("2020 new year next day in EST:{}".format(newYearNextDay2020)) |
Output:
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2020 New year's eve 2019-12-31 12:59:59.000099 2020 New year 2020-01-01 00:00:00 2020 New year in EST:2020-01-01 00:00:00-05:00 2020 new year next day in EST:2020-01-02 00:00:00-05:00 |