Transform datetime to String without Microsecond Component in Python (3 Examples)
This post explains how to transform a datetime object to a string without a microsecond component in the Python programming language.
Creating Example Data & Loading datetime Module
We can load the datetime module as shown below:
from datetime import datetime |
To create an example datetime object, we simply use the now() function:
datetime_x = datetime.now() print(datetime_x) # 2022-03-24 13:32:00.892475 |
Example 1: replace() Function to Exclude Microseconds from datetime Object
The first example applies the replace() function to generate a string object without microseconds:
string_x_2 = datetime_x.replace(microsecond = 0) print(string_x_2) # 2022-03-24 13:32:00 |
Example 2: str() & slice() Functions to Exclude Microseconds from datetime Object
The str() function transforms the datetime object into a string with microseconds.
Applying the slice() function to this string returns only the first 19 characters:
string_x_3 = str(datetime_x)[:19] print(string_x_3) # 2022-03-24 13:32:00 |
As you can see, this deletes the last part of the string, i.e. the microseconds component.
Example 3: isoformat() Function to Exclude Microseconds from datetime Object
The last method takes the datetime object and returns a character string representing the date in ISO 8601 format.
You have to specify the keyword ‘seconds’ within the isoformat function to get rid of the microseconds component:
string_x_1 = datetime_x.isoformat(' ', 'seconds') print(string_x_1) # 2022-03-24 13:32:00 |
Further Resources
Please find some related tutorials below.
- Transform datetime into String with Milliseconds in Python (3 Examples)
- Set datetime to Unix Timestamp in Python (2 Examples)
- Set datetime Object to Date Only String in Python (3 Examples)
- All Python Programming Tutorials
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