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Python date timetuple() Method with Example

Python date.timetuple() Method: Here, we are going to learn about the timetuple() method of date class in Python with its definition, syntax, and examples.
Submitted by Hritika Rajput, on April 29, 2020

Python date.timetuple() Method

date.timetuple() method is used to manipulate objects of date class of module datetime.

It is an instance method which means that it works on an instance of the class. It returns a time.struct_time which is an object with a named tuple interface containing nine elements.

Following values are present in time.struct_time object:

Index	Attribute	Value
0	tm_year	(for example, 1993)
1	tm_mon	range [1, 12]
2	tm_mday	range [1, 31]
3	tm_hour	range [0, 23]
4	tm_min	range [0, 59]
5	tm_sec	range [0, 61]
6	tm_wday	range [0, 6], Monday is 0
7	tm_yday	range [1, 366]
8	tm_isdst	0, 1 or -1; see below
N/A	tm_zone	abbreviation of timezone name
N/A	tm_gmtoff	offset east of UTC in seconds

A date timetuple is equivalent to,

    time.struct_time((d.year, d.month, d.day, 0, 0, 0, d.weekday(), yday, -1))

Since it is a date object, time values are missing because of which those attributes are set to zero(index- 3,4,5). As date object is naive, the timezone information are also missing.

Module:

    import datetime

Class:

    from datetime import date

Syntax:

    timetuple()

Parameter(s):

• None

Return value:

The return type of this method is a time.struct_time object which contains date information.

Example:

## Python program explaining the 
## use of date class instance methods

from datetime import date

## Creating an instance
x = date(2020, 4, 29)
print("Current date is:", x)
print()

d = x.timetuple()
print("The tuple of the date object", d)
print()

print("We can also access individual elements of this tuple")
for i in d:
    print(i)

Output

Current date is: 2020-04-29

The tuple of the date object time.struct_time(tm_year=2020, tm_mon=4, tm_mday=29, tm_hour=0, tm_min=0, tm_sec=0, tm_wday=2, tm_yday=120, tm_isdst=-1)

We can also access individual elements of this tuple
2020
4
29
0
0
0
2
120
-1