Python: Get the time values with components using local time and gmtime

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56. Time Components Fetcher

Write a Python program to get time values with components using local time and gmtime.

Sample Solution:

Python Code:

# Import the time module
import time

# Define a function named time_struct to print various attributes of a time structure
def time_struct(s):
   # Print the year
   print(' tm_year :', s.tm_year)
   # Print the month
   print(' tm_mon :', s.tm_mon)
   # Print the day of the month
   print(' tm_mday :', s.tm_mday)
   # Print the hour
   print(' tm_hour :', s.tm_hour)
   # Print the minute
   print(' tm_min :', s.tm_min)
   # Print the second
   print(' tm_sec :', s.tm_sec)
   # Print the day of the week (0 for Monday, 6 for Sunday)
   print(' tm_wday :', s.tm_wday)
   # Print the day of the year (1 to 366)
   print(' tm_yday :', s.tm_yday)
   # Print whether daylight saving time is in effect (0, 1, or -1)
   print(' tm_isdst:', s.tm_isdst)

# Print a message indicating local time
print('\nlocaltime:')
# Call the time_struct function with the current local time
time_struct(time.localtime())

# Print a message indicating UTC time
print('\ngmtime:')
# Call the time_struct function with the current UTC time
time_struct(time.gmtime())

Output:

localtime:
 tm_year : 2021
 tm_mon : 4
 tm_mday : 13
 tm_hour : 11
 tm_min : 20
 tm_sec : 37
 tm_wday : 1
 tm_yday : 103
 tm_isdst: 0

gmtime:
 tm_year : 2021
 tm_mon : 4
 tm_mday : 13
 tm_hour : 11
 tm_min : 20
 tm_sec : 37
 tm_wday : 1
 tm_yday : 103
 tm_isdst: 0

Explanation:

In the exercise above,

The code imports the "time" module.
It defines a function named "time_struct()" to print various attributes of a time structure.
Inside the time_struct function:

It prints the year, month, day of the month, hour, minute, second, day of the week (0 for Monday, 6 for Sunday), day of the year (1 to 366), and whether daylight saving time is in effect (0, 1, or -1) for the given time structure.

It prints a message indicating local time.
It calls the "time_struct()" function with the current local time obtained using "time.localtime()".
It prints a message indicating UTC time.
It calls the "time_struct()" function with the current UTC time obtained using "time.gmtime()".

Flowchart:

For more Practice: Solve these Related Problems:

Write a Python program to display local time components (year, month, day, hour, minute, second) using time.localtime and then print them individually.
Write a Python script to fetch the current local time structure and then output each component on a separate line.
Write a Python function to extract and print the components of the current time using both localtime and gmtime for comparison.
Write a Python program to get the current time in a structured format and then convert it into a formatted string showing all components.

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