How to convert integer into date object python

Question

I am creating a module in python  in which I am receiving the date in integer format like 20120213  which signifies the 13th of Feb  2012  Now  I want to convert this integer formatted date into a python date object   Also  if there is any means by which I can subtract add the number of days in such integer formatted date to receive the date value in same format  like subtracting 30 days from 20120213 and receive answer as 20120114

User · Accepted Answer

I would suggest the following simple approach for conversion:

from datetime import datetime, timedelta
s = "20120213"
# you could also import date instead of datetime and use that.
date = datetime(year=int(s[0:4]), month=int(s[4:6]), day=int(s[6:8]))

For adding/subtracting an arbitary amount of days (seconds work too btw.), you could do the following:

date += timedelta(days=10)
date -= timedelta(days=5)

And convert back using:

s = date.strftime("%Y%m%d")

To convert the integer to a string safely, use:

s = "{0:-08d}".format(i)

This ensures that your string is eight charecters long and left-padded with zeroes, even if the year is smaller than 1000 (negative years could become funny though).

Further reference: datetime objects, timedelta objects

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This question is already answered  but for the benefit of others looking at this question I d like to add the following suggestion  Instead of doing the slicing yourself as suggested above you might also use strptime   which is  IMHO  easier to read and perhaps the preferred way to do this conversion   import datetime s    20120213  s datetime   datetime datetime strptime s    Y m d

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import datetime  timestamp   datetime datetime fromtimestamp 1500000000   print timestamp strftime   Y- m- d  H  M  S     This will give the output  2017-07-14 08 10 00

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Here is what I believe answers the question  Python 3  with type hints    from datetime import date   def int2date argdate  int  - gt  date              If you have date as an integer  use this method to obtain a datetime date object       Parameters     ----------     argdate   int       Date as a regular integer value  example  20160618       Returns     -------     dateandtime date       A date object which corresponds to the given value  argdate               year   int argdate   10000      month   int  argdate   10000    100      day   int argdate   100       return date year  month  day    print int2date 20160618     The code above produces the expected 2016-06-18

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