NumPy DateTime: Date Manipulation & Time Series Solutions

This resource offers a total of 35 NumPy DateTime problems for practice. It includes 7 main exercises, each accompanied by solutions, detailed explanations, and four related problems.

The following exercises focus on NumPy's datetime capabilities, covering tasks such as generating date ranges, calculating month days, finding specific dates (e.g., the first Monday), converting datetime formats, and analyzing weekdays.

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1. March 2017 Dates

Write a NumPy program to display all the dates for the month of March, 2017.

Expected Output:
March, 2017
['2017-03-01' '2017-03-02' '2017-03-03' '2017-03-04' '2017-03-05'
'2017-03-06' '2017-03-07' '2017-03-08' '2017-03-09' '2017-03-10'
'2017-03-11' '2017-03-12' '2017-03-13' '2017-03-14' '2017-03-15'
'2017-03-16' '2017-03-17' '2017-03-18' '2017-03-19' '2017-03-20'
'2017-03-21' '2017-03-22' '2017-03-23' '2017-03-24' '2017-03-25'
'2017-03-26' '2017-03-27' '2017-03-28' '2017-03-29' '2017-03-30'
'2017-03-31']
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2. Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow Dates

Write a NumPy program to get the dates of yesterday, today and tomorrow.

Sample Output:
Yestraday: 2017-03-24
Today: 2017-03-25
Tomorrow: 2017-03-26
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3. Count Days in a Specific Month

Write a NumPy program to count the number of days of specific month.

Expected Output:
Number of days, February, 2016:
29 days
Number of days, February, 2017:
28 days
Number of days, February, 2018:
28 days
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4. 24 Hour Datetime Objects

Write a NumPy program to create 24 python datetime.datetime objects (single object for every hour), and then put it in a numpy array.

Expected Output:
[datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 0, 0) datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 1, 0)
datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 2, 0) datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 3, 0)
datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 4, 0) datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 5, 0)
datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 6, 0) datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 7, 0)
datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 8, 0) datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 9, 0)
datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 10, 0) datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 11, 0)
datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 12, 0) datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 13, 0)
datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 14, 0) datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 15, 0)
datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 16, 0) datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 17, 0)
datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 18, 0) datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 19, 0)
datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 20, 0) datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 21, 0)
datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 22, 0) datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 23, 0)]
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5. First Monday in May 2017

Write a NumPy program to find the first Monday in May 2017.

Expected Output:
First Monday in May 2017:
2017-05-01
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6. Number of Weekdays in March 2017

Write a NumPy program to find the number of weekdays in March 2017.

Note: "busday" default of Monday through Friday being valid days.
Sample Output:
Number of weekdays in March 2017:
23
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7. Convert np.datetime64 to Timestamp

Write a NumPy program to convert numpy datetime64 to Timestamp.

Sample output:
Current date:
2017-04-01 08:01:12.722055
Timestamp:
1491033672.72
UTC from Timestamp:
2017-04-01 08:01:12.722055
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