I want to create a list of dates, starting with today, and going back an arbitrary number of days, say, in my example 100 days. Is there a better way to do it than this?
import datetime
a = datetime.datetime.today()
numdays = 100
dateList = []
for x in range (0, numdays):
dateList.append(a - datetime.timedelta(days = x))
print dateList
Marginally better...
base = datetime.datetime.today()
date_list = [base - datetime.timedelta(days=x) for x in range(numdays)]
You can write a generator function that returns date objects starting from today:
import datetime
def date_generator():
from_date = datetime.datetime.today()
while True:
yield from_date
from_date = from_date - datetime.timedelta(days=1)
This generator returns dates starting from today and going backwards one day at a time. Here is how to take the first 3 dates:
>>> import itertools
>>> dates = itertools.islice(date_generator(), 3)
>>> list(dates)
[datetime.datetime(2009, 6, 14, 19, 12, 21, 703890), datetime.datetime(2009, 6, 13, 19, 12, 21, 703890), datetime.datetime(2009, 6, 12, 19, 12, 21, 703890)]
The advantage of this approach over a loop or list comprehension is that you can go back as many times as you want.
Edit
A more compact version using a generator expression instead of a function:
date_generator = (datetime.datetime.today() - datetime.timedelta(days=i) for i in itertools.count())
Usage:
>>> dates = itertools.islice(date_generator, 3)
>>> list(dates)
[datetime.datetime(2009, 6, 15, 1, 32, 37, 286765), datetime.datetime(2009, 6, 14, 1, 32, 37, 286836), datetime.datetime(2009, 6, 13, 1, 32, 37, 286859)]
If there are two dates and you need the range try
from dateutil import rrule, parser
date1 = '1995-01-01'
date2 = '1995-02-28'
datesx = list(rrule.rrule(rrule.DAILY, dtstart=parser.parse(date1), until=parser.parse(date2)))
Here is gist I created, from my own code, this might help. (I know the question is too old, but others can use it)
https://gist.github.com/2287345
(same thing below)
import datetime
from time import mktime
def convert_date_to_datetime(date_object):
date_tuple = date_object.timetuple()
date_timestamp = mktime(date_tuple)
return datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(date_timestamp)
def date_range(how_many=7):
for x in range(0, how_many):
some_date = datetime.datetime.today() - datetime.timedelta(days=x)
some_datetime = convert_date_to_datetime(some_date.date())
yield some_datetime
def pick_two_dates(how_many=7):
a = b = convert_date_to_datetime(datetime.datetime.now().date())
for each_date in date_range(how_many):
b = a
a = each_date
if a == b:
continue
yield b, a
I know this has been answered, but I'll put down my answer for historical purposes, and since I think it is straight forward.
import numpy as np
import datetime as dt
listOfDates=[date for date in np.arange(firstDate,lastDate,dt.timedelta(days=x))]
Sure it won't win anything like code-golf, but I think it is elegant.
A generic method that allows to create date ranges on parameterised window size(day, minute, hour, seconds):
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
def create_date_ranges(start, end, **interval):
start_ = start
while start_ < end:
end_ = start_ + timedelta(**interval)
yield (start_, min(end_, end))
start_ = end_
Tests:
def main():
tests = [
('2021-11-15:00:00:00', '2021-11-17:13:00:00', {'days': 1}),
('2021-11-15:00:00:00', '2021-11-16:13:00:00', {'hours': 12}),
('2021-11-15:00:00:00', '2021-11-15:01:45:00', {'minutes': 30}),
('2021-11-15:00:00:00', '2021-11-15:00:01:12', {'seconds': 30})
]
for t in tests:
print("\nInterval: %s, range(%s to %s)" % (t[2], t[0], t[1]))
start = datetime.strptime(t[0], '%Y-%m-%d:%H:%M:%S')
end = datetime.strptime(t[1], '%Y-%m-%d:%H:%M:%S')
ranges = list(create_date_ranges(start, end, **t[2]))
x = list(map(
lambda x: (x[0].strftime('%Y-%m-%d:%H:%M:%S'), x[1].strftime('%Y-%m-%d:%H:%M:%S')),
ranges
))
print(x)
main()
Test output:
Interval: {'days': 1}, range(2021-11-15:00:00:00 to 2021-11-17:13:00:00)
[('2021-11-15:00:00:00', '2021-11-16:00:00:00'), ('2021-11-16:00:00:00', '2021-11-17:00:00:00'), ('2021-11-17:00:00:00', '2021-11-17:13:00:00')]
Interval: {'hours': 12}, range(2021-11-15:00:00:00 to 2021-11-16:13:00:00)
[('2021-11-15:00:00:00', '2021-11-15:12:00:00'), ('2021-11-15:12:00:00', '2021-11-16:00:00:00'), ('2021-11-16:00:00:00', '2021-11-16:12:00:00'), ('2021-11-16:12:00:00', '2021-11-16:13:00:00')]
Interval: {'minutes': 30}, range(2021-11-15:00:00:00 to 2021-11-15:01:45:00)
[('2021-11-15:00:00:00', '2021-11-15:00:30:00'), ('2021-11-15:00:30:00', '2021-11-15:01:00:00'), ('2021-11-15:01:00:00', '2021-11-15:01:30:00'), ('2021-11-15:01:30:00', '2021-11-15:01:45:00')]
Interval: {'seconds': 30}, range(2021-11-15:00:00:00 to 2021-11-15:00:01:12)
[('2021-11-15:00:00:00', '2021-11-15:00:00:30'), ('2021-11-15:00:00:30', '2021-11-15:00:01:00'), ('2021-11-15:00:01:00', '2021-11-15:00:01:12')]
Another example that counts forwards or backwards, starting from Sandeep's answer.
from datetime import date, datetime, timedelta
from typing import Sequence
def range_of_dates(start_of_range: date, end_of_range: date) -> Sequence[date]:
if start_of_range <= end_of_range:
return [
start_of_range + timedelta(days=x)
for x in range(0, (end_of_range - start_of_range).days + 1)
]
return [
start_of_range - timedelta(days=x)
for x in range(0, (start_of_range - end_of_range).days + 1)
]
start_of_range = datetime.today().date()
end_of_range = start_of_range + timedelta(days=3)
date_range = range_of_dates(start_of_range, end_of_range)
print(date_range)
gives
[datetime.date(2019, 12, 20), datetime.date(2019, 12, 21), datetime.date(2019, 12, 22), datetime.date(2019, 12, 23)]
and
start_of_range = datetime.today().date()
end_of_range = start_of_range - timedelta(days=3)
date_range = range_of_dates(start_of_range, end_of_range)
print(date_range)
gives
[datetime.date(2019, 12, 20), datetime.date(2019, 12, 19), datetime.date(2019, 12, 18), datetime.date(2019, 12, 17)]
Note that the start date is included in the return, so if you want four total dates, use timedelta(days=3)
from datetime import datetime , timedelta, timezone
start_date = '2022_01_25'
end_date = '2022_01_30'
start = datetime.strptime(start_date, "%Y_%m_%d")
print(type(start))
end = datetime.strptime(end_date, "%Y_%m_%d")
##pDate = str(pDate).replace('-', '_')
number_of_days = (end - start).days
print("number_of_days: ", number_of_days)
##
date_list = []
for day in range(number_of_days):
a_date = (start + timedelta(days = day)).astimezone(timezone.utc)
a_date = a_date.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
date_list.append(a_date)
print(date_list)
A monthly date range generator with datetime and dateutil. Simple and easy to understand:
import datetime as dt
from dateutil.relativedelta import relativedelta
def month_range(start_date, n_months):
for m in range(n_months):
yield start_date + relativedelta(months=+m)
From above answers i created this example for date generator
import datetime
date = datetime.datetime.now()
time = date.time()
def date_generator(date, delta):
counter =0
date = date - datetime.timedelta(days=delta)
while counter <= delta:
yield date
date = date + datetime.timedelta(days=1)
counter +=1
for date in date_generator(date, 30):
if date.date() != datetime.datetime.now().date():
start_date = datetime.datetime.combine(date, datetime.time())
end_date = datetime.datetime.combine(date, datetime.time.max)
else:
start_date = datetime.datetime.combine(date, datetime.time())
end_date = datetime.datetime.combine(date, time)
print('start_date---->',start_date,'end_date---->',end_date)
I thought I'd throw in my two cents with a simple (and not complete) implementation of a date range:
from datetime import date, timedelta, datetime
class DateRange:
def __init__(self, start, end, step=timedelta(1)):
self.start = start
self.end = end
self.step = step
def __iter__(self):
start = self.start
step = self.step
end = self.end
n = int((end - start) / step)
d = start
for _ in range(n):
yield d
d += step
def __contains__(self, value):
return (
(self.start <= value < self.end) and
((value - self.start) % self.step == timedelta(0))
)