Comparing times

[HeaterUp]

So what I am looking to do is compare if 11:15 am is before the time of 10:30 am and different times this same way. I know I could take the first two numbers and compare the hour then compare the next two numbers as the minutes and evaluate the am or pm but is there an easier way to accomplish this? Maybe a python library or anything like that?

[Mira Yurizaki]

How is the time presented? If it's a string, then yes, that's all you can do. If it's a binary format, then it's likely split up into hours (in 24 hour time) and minutes

[HeaterUp]

6 hours ago, M.Yurizaki said:

How is the time presented? If it's a string, then yes, that's all you can do. If it's a binary format, then it's likely split up into hours (in 24 hour time) and minutes

It's read in from a file as a string. I'm not opposed to reading it in as binary if there is a way to do that, but I have a feeling it maybe less lines to stick to the string method.

[espurritado]

python has datetime. wit it you can create an object representing a time, a date or a date and time.

you can make it so it parses an input string in whichever format you want to give it to it

[mathijs727]

6 hours ago, espurritado said:

python has datetime. wit it you can create an object representing a time, a date or a date and time.

you can make it so it parses an input string in whichever format you want to give it to it

 

15 hours ago, HeaterUp said:

So what I am looking to do is compare if 11:15 am is before the time of 10:30 am and different times this same way. I know I could take the first two numbers and compare the hour then compare the next two numbers as the minutes and evaluate the am or pm but is there an easier way to accomplish this? Maybe a python library or anything like that?

In Python (using dateutil library)

from dateutil import parser

if __name__ == "__main__":
	t1 = parser.parse("10:40")
	t2 = parser.parse("11:50")
	print(t2 - t1)

 

[Mira Yurizaki]

18 hours ago, mathijs727 said:

 

In Python (using dateutil library)

from dateutil import parser

if __name__ == "__main__":
	t1 = parser.parse("10:40")
	t2 = parser.parse("11:50")
	print(t2 - t1)

 

Because it was in OP's list of concerns/requirements, but is that format 24 Hr? Or is there something you can add for AM/PM?

[mathijs727]

17 hours ago, M.Yurizaki said:

Because it was in OP's list of concerns/requirements, but is that format 24 Hr? Or is there something you can add for AM/PM?

Yes that works too (i.e. 10:00PM gets stored as 22 hours)