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How to convert a timedelta object into a datetime object

What is the proper way to convert a timedelta object into a datetime object?

I immediately think of something like datetime(0)+deltaObj, but that's not very nice... Isn't there a toDateTime() function or something of the sort?

Solution

  • It doesn't make sense to convert a timedelta into a datetime, but it does make sense to pick an initial or starting datetime and add or subtract a timedelta from that.

    >>> import datetime
>>> today = datetime.datetime.today()
>>> today
datetime.datetime(2010, 3, 9, 18, 25, 19, 474362)
>>> today + datetime.timedelta(days=1)
datetime.datetime(2010, 3, 10, 18, 25, 19, 474362)