[Tutor] No Blank Separator between Date and Time Valid?

[Johan Geldenhuys]

It all depends how you specify the format of the time you want, look at the
example. 

 

>>> time.strftime('%Y%M%D%H%M%S')

'200820092030'

>>> 

>>> 

>>> time.strftime('%Y%M%D %H%M%S')

'200820 092055'

>>> 

 

Notice in the second statement, I added the space separator between the %D
and %H.

 

This statement doesn’t fail and the exception doesn’t happen: date1 =
datetime(*(time.strptime(d1, formatin)[0:6]))



 

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From: tutor-bounces+johan=accesstel.com.au at python.org
[mailto:tutor-bounces+johan=accesstel.com.au at python.org] On Behalf Of Wayne
Watson
Sent: Friday, 12 September 2008 2:56 AM
To: tutor at python.org
Subject: [Tutor] No Blank Separator between Date and Time Valid?

 

This program segment allows an invalid date to go undetected. See below.

from datetime import datetime
import time

def set_time_stamp(d1):
    # yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss in, vyyyymmdd_hhmmss.27 out
    formatin = '%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S'
    d1 = d1.lstrip()
    try:
        date1 = datetime(*(time.strptime(d1, formatin)[0:6]))
    except ValueError:
        print; print "Invalid date input. Use yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss."
        return False
    formatout = '%Y%m%d_%H%M%S'
    dout = date1.strftime(formatout)
    print "dout: ",dout
    return 'v'+date1.strftime(formatout)+".27"

keyopt = 0
while keyopt == 0:
    print
    date_time = raw_input("Enter date and time: ")
    if date_time == "end":
        break
    file_prefix = set_time_stamp(date_time)
    print "prefix: ",file_prefix
    if file_prefix == False:
        continue
    print "OK: ", file_prefix
    #write_pair(file_prefix, date_time)

print; print "bye..."

Results:

Enter date and time: 2008/1/1 00:00:30     <- Valid input OK
dout:  20080101_000030
prefix:  v20080101_000030.27
OK:  v20080101_000030.27

Enter date and time: 2008/1/100:00:30     <- Why is this valid. The fields
are not spearated.
dout:  20080110_000030
prefix:  v20080110_000030.27
OK:  v20080110_000030.27

Enter date and time: 2008/1/1 x00:00:30  <- Invalid input caught

Invalid date input. Use yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss.
prefix:  False

Enter date and time: end

bye ...

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