Extract time from datetime and determine if time (not date) falls within range?

Question

The problem is that I want it to ignore the date and only factor in the time. Here is what I have:

import time from time import mktime from datetime import datetime  def getTimeCat(Datetime):     # extract time categories     str_time = datetime.strptime(Datetime, "%m/%j/%y %H:%M")     ts = datetime.fromtimestamp(mktime(str_time))      # --> Morning = 0400-1000     mornStart = datetime.time(4, 0, 1)     mornEnd = datetime.time(10, 0, 0)      # --> Midday = 1000-1600     midStart = datetime.time(10, 0, 1)     midEnd = datetime.time(16, 0, 0)      # --> Evening = 1600-2200     eveStart = datetime.time(16, 0, 1)     eveEnd = datetime.time(22, 0, 0)      # --> Late Night = 2200-0400     lateStart = datetime.time(22, 0, 1)     lateEnd = datetime.time(4, 0, 0)      if time_in_range(mornStart, mornEnd, ts):       timecat = 0 #morning     elif time_in_range(midStart, midEnd, ts):       timecat = 1 #midday     elif time_in_range(eveStart, eveEnd, ts):       timecat = 2 #evening     elif time_in_range(lateStart, lateEnd, ts):       timecat = 3 #late night      return timecat 

As is, I get this error:

TypeError: argument must be 9-item sequence, not datetime.datetime 

When I change the relevant line to:

str_time = time.strptime(Datetime, "%m/%j/%y %H:%M") 

I get this error:

TypeError: descriptor 'time' requires a 'datetime.datetime' object but received a 'int' 

I know I'm working with two different libraries or whatnot, but I'm not sure how to convert between them or accomplish what I want to do only using one. I just want it to ignore the date and only check if the time is within the specified ranges. Python 2.6 is a MUST due to a library I'm using elsewhere in the code.

Answer 1

This line:

str_time = datetime.strptime(Datetime, "%m/%j/%y %H:%M") 

returns a datetime object as per the docs.

You can test this yourself by running the following command interactively in the interpreter:

>>> import datetime >>> datetime.datetime.strptime('12/31/13 00:12', "%m/%j/%y %H:%M") datetime.datetime(2013, 1, 31, 0, 12) >>> 

The time portion of the returned datetime can then be accessed using the .time() method.

>>> datetime.datetime.strptime('12/31/13 00:12', "%m/%j/%y %H:%M").time() datetime.time(0, 12) >>> 

The datetime.time() result can then be used in your time comparisons.

Answer 2

Use this only gives you time.

from datetime import datetime  now = datetime.now() current_time = now.strftime("%H:%M:%S") print("Current Time =", current_time)