Time Conversions

Convert from unix time to a string

pyspedas.time_string(float_time=None, fmt=None)

Transform a list of float daytime values to a list of strings.

Parameters

float_time (float/list of floats, optional) – Input time. The default is None, which returns the time now.
fmt (str, optional) – Time format. The default is None, which uses ‘%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f’.

Returns

Datetimes as string.

Return type

list of str

from pyspedas import time_string
time_string(1444953600.0)

'2015-10-16 00:00:00.000000'

pyspedas.time_double(str_time=None)

Transform a list of datetimes from string to decimal.

Same as time_float.

Parameters: str_time (str/list of str, optional) – Input times. The default is None.
Returns: Output times as floats.
Return type: list of float

from pyspedas import time_double
time_double('2015-10-16/14:00')

1445004000.0

pyspedas.time_datetime(time=None, tz=None)

Find python datetime.

Transform a list of float daytime values to a list of pythonic: ‘datetime.datetime’ values.

Parameters: time (float/list of floats or str/list of str, optional) – Input time. The default is None, which returns the time now.
Returns: Datetimes as datetime.datetime.
Return type: list of datetime.datetime

from pyspedas import time_datetime
time_datetime('2015-10-16/14:00')

datetime.datetime(2015, 10, 16, 14, 0, tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc)