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Writing datetime to CSV file in python?

I want to write datetime object in a csv file. for that i am doing something like like that:

csvWriter.writerow([tweet.created_at.encode('utf-8'), tweet.user.name.encode('utf-8')])

but i am getting error; 'datetime.datetime' object has no attribute 'encode'

and if i just simply type "tweet.created_at" with out encode 

csvWriter.writerow([tweet.created_at, tweet.user.name.encode('utf-8')])

i get this error TypeError: 'datetime.datetime' object is not callable so how can i write datetime in CSV?

Solution

  • Use strftime to get your required date time format.

    Ex:

    csvWriter.writerow([tweet.created_at.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"), tweet.user.name.encode('utf-8')])