sciris.sc_datetime

Time/date utilities.

Highlights:

• tic() / toc() / timer(): simple methods for timing durations

• readdate(): convert strings to dates using common formats

• daterange(): create a list of dates

• datedelta(): perform calculations on date strings

Functions

date	Convert any reasonable object -- a string, integer, or datetime object, or list/array of any of those -- to a date object.
datedelta	Perform calculations on a date string (or date object), returning a string (or a date).
daterange	Return a list of dates from the start date to the end date.
datetoyear	Convert a DateTime instance to decimal year.
day	Convert a string, date/datetime object, or int to a day (int), the number of days since the start day.
daydiff	Convenience function to find the difference between two or more days.
elapsedtimestr	Accepts a datetime object or a string in ISO 8601 format and returns a human-readable string explaining when this time was.
getdate	Alias for converting a date object to a formatted string.
now	Get the current time as a datetime object, optionally in UTC time.
randsleep	Sleep for a nondeterminate period of time (useful for desynchronizing tasks)
readdate	Convenience function for loading a date from a string.
tic	With sc.toc(), a little pair of functions to calculate a time difference:
timedsleep	Delay for a certain amount of time, to ensure accurate timing.
toc	With sc.tic(), a little pair of functions to calculate a time difference.
toctic	A convenience fu`ction for multiple timings.

Classes

Timer	alias of timer
timer	Simple timer class.