On Mar 26, 12:51 am, Tim Chase <python.l...@tim.thechases.com> wrote:
> > I have a date expressed in seconds.
> > I'd want to pretty print it as "%H:%M" if the time refers to today and
> > "%b%d" (month, day) if it's of yesterday or before.
>
> > I managed to do that with the code below but I don't like it too much.
> > Is there a better way to do that?
> > Thanks in advance.
>
> > import time
>
> > today_day = time.strftime("%d", time.localtime(time.time()))
> > mytime = time.localtime(time.time() - (60*60*30)) # dummy time prior
> > to today
> > if time.strftime("%d", mytime) == today_day:
> > print time.strftime("%H:%M", mytime)
> > else:
> > print time.strftime("%b%d", mytime)
>
> Well, date/datetime objects are directly comparable:
>
> import datetime
> today_day = datetime.date.today()
> other = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(your_timestamp)
> if other.date() == today_day:
> fmt = "%H:%M"
> else:
> fmt = "%b%d"
> print other.strftime(fmt)
>
> -tkc
time tuples are directly comparable, too:
import time
today_day = time.localtime(time.time())[:3]
other = time.localtime(your_timestamp)
if other[:3] == today_day:
etc
etc
Cheers,
John
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