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Schiphol
Schiphol

Reputation: 1151

Converting time.struct_time to list

In Python, how do I convert a time.struct_time such as

time.struct_time(tm_year=2012, tm_mon=10, tm_mday=1, tm_hour=0, tm_min=0, tm_sec=0, tm_wday=0, tm_yday=275, tm_isdst=-1)

to a list such as

[2012, 10, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 275, -1]

My motivation: I'm storing time.struct_time objects like the former in a json file and, when I retrieve them, they are lists like the latter. I need to compare one such list with a time.struct_time; hence my question.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1304

Answers (2)

gaqzi
gaqzi

Reputation: 3807

Convert it with list(obj), ex:

>>> a = time.gmtime()
>>> a
time.struct_time(tm_year=2012, tm_mon=10, tm_mday=31, tm_hour=2, tm_min=53, tm_sec=4, tm_wday=2, tm_yday=305, tm_isdst=0)
>>> list(a)
[2012, 10, 31, 2, 53, 4, 2, 305, 0]

Upvotes: 1

Jonathon Reinhart
Jonathon Reinhart

Reputation: 137438

Calling the list() constructor will do what you need:

>>> t = time.localtime()
>>> list(t)
[2012, 10, 30, 22, 54, 25, 1, 304, 1]

Upvotes: 1

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