Use datetime.datetime.strptime()
and call .time()
on the result:
>>> datetime.datetime.strptime('03:55', '%H:%M').time()
datetime.time(3, 55)
The first argument to .strptime()
is the string to parse, the second is the expected format.
Question
Given the string
in this format "HH:MM"
, for example "03:55"
, that represents 3 hours and 55 minutes.
I want to convert it to datetime.time
object for easier manipulation. What would be the easiest way to do that?
Solution
Use datetime.datetime.strptime()
and call .time()
on the result:
>>> datetime.datetime.strptime('03:55', '%H:%M').time()
datetime.time(3, 55)
The first argument to .strptime()
is the string to parse, the second is the expected format.
OTHER TIPS
>>> datetime.time(*map(int, '03:55'.split(':')))
datetime.time(3, 55)
It is perhaps less clear to future readers, but the *map
method is more than 10 times faster. See below and make an informed decision in your code. If calling this check many times and speed matters, go with the generator ("map").
In [31]: timeit(datetime.strptime('15:00', '%H:%M').time())
7.76 µs ± 111 ns per loop (mean ± std. dev. of 7 runs, 100000 loops each)
In [28]: timeit(dtime(*map(int, SHUTDOWN_AT.split(':'))))
696 ns ± 11.5 ns per loop (mean ± std. dev. of 7 runs, 1000000 loops each)