eta.util.time.TimePoint

class TimePoint(time=None)

Bases: object

A specific point in time.

Parameters:

time (datetime, tuple[datetime, datetime], list[str], or None) –

Initialize with a given datetime, or otherwise use the current time. The following formats are supported:

• datetime : a single instantaneous timestamp.

• (datetime, datetime) : lower and upper bound timestamps for this time point.

• [$, date+time, <year>, <month>, <day>, <hour>, <minute>, <second>] : a date+time record structure, where each slot may be either a number string or a variable string.

• None : the time point will be initialized to the current time.

lower

A timestamp for the lower bound on this timepoint.

Type:

datetime

upper

A timestamp for the upper bound on this timepoint.

Type:

datetime

Methods

copy
format	Format this TimePoint as a year/month/day/hour/minute/second representation.
format_date	Format this TimePoint as a human-readable year/month/day/hour/minute/second representation.
get_duration
to_num	Convert this TimePoint to a numerical POSIX representation (using the upper bound by default).
to_ulf	Convert this TimePoint to a ULF record structure.
update	Update this TimePoint to the given time (or current if none is given).

update(time=None)

Update this TimePoint to the given time (or current if none is given).

to_num(bound='upper')

Convert this TimePoint to a numerical POSIX representation (using the upper bound by default).

format()

Format this TimePoint as a year/month/day/hour/minute/second representation.

format_date()

Format this TimePoint as a human-readable year/month/day/hour/minute/second representation.

to_ulf()

Convert this TimePoint to a ULF record structure.

__str__()

Return str(self).