sc_datetime

Time/date utilities.

Highlights:

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

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

• sc.daterange(): create a list of dates

• sc.datedelta(): perform calculations on date strings

Classes

timer	Simple timer class.
Timer

Functions

time	Get current time in seconds -- alias to time.time()
now	Get the current time as a datetime object, optionally in UTC time.
getdate	Alias for converting a date object to a formatted string.
readdate	Convenience function for loading a date from a string.
date	Convert any reasonable object -- a string, integer, or datetime object, or list/array of any of those -- to a date object (or string, pandas, or numpy date).
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.
daterange	Return a list of dates from the start date to the end date.
datedelta	Perform calculations on a date string (or date object), returning a string (or a date).
datetoyear	Convert a date to decimal year.
yeartodate	Convert a decimal year to a date
tic	With sc.toc(), a little pair of functions to calculate a time difference:
toc	With sc.tic(), a little pair of functions to calculate a time difference.
toctic	A convenience fuction for multiple timings.
elapsedtimestr	Accepts a datetime object or a string in ISO 8601 format and returns a human-readable string explaining when this time was.
timedsleep	Pause for the specified amount of time, taking into account how long other operations take.
randsleep	Sleep for a nondeterminate period of time (useful for desynchronizing tasks)