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--- cs_lang:python:things-to-know:date-and-time [2011/06/17 07:53] – created cedric
+++ cs_lang:python:things-to-know:date-and-time [2012/06/20 11:14] (current) – cedric
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-<python>
+<code python>
 import time
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 epoch = int(time.mktime(time.strptime(date_time, pattern)))
 print epoch
-</python>
+</code>
+<code python>
+def delta_time(dt, delta, fmt='%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'):
+    """
+    Adds a time delta to a datetime object with a specific format.
+    Example of call:
+    >>> new_dt = delta_time('2012-10-27 12:05:54', datetime.timedelta(minutes=45))
+    >>> print("%s:%s:%s" % (new_dt.hour, new_dt.minute, new_dt.second))
+:50:54
+    """
+    return datetime.datetime(*time.strptime(dt, fmt)[:6]) + delta
+</code>