from datetime import datetime from time import time SECONDS_PER_MINUTE = 60 MINUTES_PER_HOUR = 60 HOURS_PER_DAY=24 DAYS_AHEAD=8 now = time() later = now + \ SECONDS_PER_MINUTE*MINUTES_PER_HOUR*HOURS_PER_DAY*DAYS_AHEAD print datetime.fromtimestamp(now).hour print datetime.fromtimestamp(later).hour