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# DateTime Objects

Various date and time objects are supplied by the `datetime` module. Before using any of these functions, the header file `datetime.h` must be included in your source (note that this is not included by `Python.h`), and the macro `PyDateTime_IMPORT` must be invoked, usually as part of the module initialisation function. The macro puts a pointer to a C structure into a static variable, `PyDateTimeAPI`, that is used by the following macros.

Type-check macros:

int `PyDate_Check`(PyObject *ob)

  Return true if ob is of type `PyDateTime_DateType` or a subtype of `PyDateTime_DateType`. ob must not be NULL.

  New in version 2.4.

int `PyDate_CheckExact`(PyObject *ob)

  Return true if ob is of type `PyDateTime_DateType`. ob must not be NULL.

  New in version 2.4.

int `PyDateTime_Check`(PyObject *ob)

  Return true if ob is of type `PyDateTime_DateTimeType` or a subtype of `PyDateTime_DateTimeType`. ob must not be NULL.

  New in version 2.4.

int `PyDateTime_CheckExact`(PyObject *ob)

  Return true if ob is of type `PyDateTime_DateTimeType`. ob must not be NULL.

  New in version 2.4.

int `PyTime_Check`(PyObject *ob)

  Return true if ob is of type `PyDateTime_TimeType` or a subtype of `PyDateTime_TimeType`. ob must not be NULL.

  New in version 2.4.

int `PyTime_CheckExact`(PyObject *ob)

  Return true if ob is of type `PyDateTime_TimeType`. ob must not be NULL.

  New in version 2.4.

int `PyDelta_Check`(PyObject *ob)

  Return true if ob is of type `PyDateTime_DeltaType` or a subtype of `PyDateTime_DeltaType`. ob must not be NULL.

  New in version 2.4.

int `PyDelta_CheckExact`(PyObject *ob)

  Return true if ob is of type `PyDateTime_DeltaType`. ob must not be NULL.

  New in version 2.4.

int `PyTZInfo_Check`(PyObject *ob)

  Return true if ob is of type `PyDateTime_TZInfoType` or a subtype of `PyDateTime_TZInfoType`. ob must not be NULL.

  New in version 2.4.

int `PyTZInfo_CheckExact`(PyObject *ob)

  Return true if ob is of type `PyDateTime_TZInfoType`. ob must not be NULL.

  New in version 2.4.

Macros to create objects:

PyObject* `PyDate_FromDate`(int year, int month, int day)
  Return value: New reference.

  Return a `datetime.date` object with the specified year, month and day.

  New in version 2.4.

PyObject* `PyDateTime_FromDateAndTime`(int year, int month, int day, int hour, int minute, int second, int usecond)
  Return value: New reference.

  Return a `datetime.datetime` object with the specified year, month, day, hour, minute, second and microsecond.

  New in version 2.4.

PyObject* `PyTime_FromTime`(int hour, int minute, int second, int usecond)
  Return value: New reference.

  Return a `datetime.time` object with the specified hour, minute, second and microsecond.

  New in version 2.4.

PyObject* `PyDelta_FromDSU`(int days, int seconds, int useconds)
  Return value: New reference.

  Return a `datetime.timedelta` object representing the given number of days, seconds and microseconds. Normalization is performed so that the resulting number of microseconds and seconds lie in the ranges documented for `datetime.timedelta` objects.

  New in version 2.4.

Macros to extract fields from date objects. The argument must be an instance of `PyDateTime_Date`, including subclasses (such as `PyDateTime_DateTime`). The argument must not be NULL, and the type is not checked:

int `PyDateTime_GET_YEAR`(PyDateTime_Date *o)

  Return the year, as a positive int.

  New in version 2.4.

int `PyDateTime_GET_MONTH`(PyDateTime_Date *o)

  Return the month, as an int from 1 through 12.

  New in version 2.4.

int `PyDateTime_GET_DAY`(PyDateTime_Date *o)

  Return the day, as an int from 1 through 31.

  New in version 2.4.

Macros to extract fields from datetime objects. The argument must be an instance of `PyDateTime_DateTime`, including subclasses. The argument must not be NULL, and the type is not checked:

int `PyDateTime_DATE_GET_HOUR`(PyDateTime_DateTime *o)

  Return the hour, as an int from 0 through 23.

  New in version 2.4.

int `PyDateTime_DATE_GET_MINUTE`(PyDateTime_DateTime *o)

  Return the minute, as an int from 0 through 59.

  New in version 2.4.

int `PyDateTime_DATE_GET_SECOND`(PyDateTime_DateTime *o)

  Return the second, as an int from 0 through 59.

  New in version 2.4.

int `PyDateTime_DATE_GET_MICROSECOND`(PyDateTime_DateTime *o)

  Return the microsecond, as an int from 0 through 999999.

  New in version 2.4.

Macros to extract fields from time objects. The argument must be an instance of `PyDateTime_Time`, including subclasses. The argument must not be NULL, and the type is not checked:

int `PyDateTime_TIME_GET_HOUR`(PyDateTime_Time *o)

  Return the hour, as an int from 0 through 23.

  New in version 2.4.

int `PyDateTime_TIME_GET_MINUTE`(PyDateTime_Time *o)

  Return the minute, as an int from 0 through 59.

  New in version 2.4.

int `PyDateTime_TIME_GET_SECOND`(PyDateTime_Time *o)

  Return the second, as an int from 0 through 59.

  New in version 2.4.

int `PyDateTime_TIME_GET_MICROSECOND`(PyDateTime_Time *o)

  Return the microsecond, as an int from 0 through 999999.

  New in version 2.4.

Macros for the convenience of modules implementing the DB API:

PyObject* `PyDateTime_FromTimestamp`(PyObject *args)
  Return value: New reference.

  Create and return a new `datetime.datetime` object given an argument tuple suitable for passing to `datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp()`.

  New in version 2.4.

PyObject* `PyDate_FromTimestamp`(PyObject *args)
  Return value: New reference.

  Create and return a new `datetime.date` object given an argument tuple suitable for passing to `datetime.date.fromtimestamp()`.

  New in version 2.4.