Python Datetime.timetuple() Method

1. Syntax of Python datetime.timetuple() Method
2. Example Codes: Working With the datetime.timetuple() Method
3. Example Codes: Enter a DateTime Object in the datetime.timetuple() Method
4. Example Codes: Access Elements Using a Loop in the datetime.timetuple() Method
5. Example Codes: Use the Subscript Notation With the datetime.timetuple() Method

Python datetime.timetuple() method is an efficient way of finding attributes of DateTime representing both date and time fields. It is a named tuple interface having nine elements.

Syntax of Python datetime.timetuple() Method

datetime.timetuple()

Parameters

No parameters are required.

Return

The return type of this method is an object of type time.struct_time. The following attributes are in the returned object:

Example Codes: Working With the datetime.timetuple() Method

import datetime

datetime_object = datetime.datetime.today()

attributes = datetime_object.timetuple()

print(attributes)

Output:

time.struct_time(tm_year=2022, tm_mon=9, tm_mday=3, tm_hour=11, tm_min=5, tm_sec=16, tm_wday=5, tm_yday=246, tm_isdst=-1)

The last attribute represents the daylight saving setting. The tm_isdst will be either 0 or 1 based on the daylight saving setting.

Otherwise, -1 will be set for tm_isdst.

Example Codes: Enter a DateTime Object in the datetime.timetuple() Method

import datetime

datetime_object = datetime.datetime(2021, 4, 29, 16, 50, 40)

print("The random date is: ", datetime_object)

attribute = datetime_object.timetuple()

print("The tuple of the datetime object is ", attribute)

Output:

The random date is:  2021-04-29 16:50:40
The tuple of the datetime object is  time.struct_time(tm_year=2021, tm_mon=4, tm_mday=29, tm_hour=16, tm_min=50, tm_sec=40, tm_wday=3, tm_yday=119, tm_isdst=-1)

Any valid DateTime object can be represented as a tuple.

Example Codes: Access Elements Using a Loop in the datetime.timetuple() Method

import datetime

datetime_object = datetime.datetime.now()

print("Today's date is: ", datetime_object)

attribute = datetime_object.timetuple()

for i in attribute:
    print(i)

Output:

Today's date is:  2022-09-03 11:13:09.779883
2022
9
3
11
13
9
5
246
-1

The above code can easily be used to get all the elements separately.

Example Codes: Use the Subscript Notation With the datetime.timetuple() Method

from datetime import datetime

datetime_object = datetime.now()

attributes = datetime_object.timetuple()

print("Year: ", attributes[0])

print("Hour: ", attributes[3])

print("Day of the year:", attributes[7])

Output:

Year:  2022
Hour:  11
Day of the year: 246

The subscript notation can retrieve any element of the object separately.