Make Seconds and Minutes equal to 00 in datetime list python

Question

I have a python list of dates in the format of 2014-07-06 11:03:12 is there a way to change the seconds and minutes to 2014-07-06 11:00:00 in a nice way. My line of code for getting the dates in below

dates = [datetime.datetime.strptime (d, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') for d in df.date] `2014-07-06 11:03:12` format

Try this link - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41595754/round-down-datetime-to-previous-hour — OldGeeksGuide, Jul 10 '17 at 19:24
Wondercricket's suggestion work, I will type it as the answer for future references. — Ahmed, Jul 10 '17 at 19:28

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 10 '17 at 19:27

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from datetime import datetime, timedelta

print(datetime.now().replace(microsecond=0,second=0,minute=0)-timedelta(hours=1))

answered Jul 10 '17 at 19:27

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Note: this returns a `datetime` object – Edgar Ortega Nov 01 '19 at 21:34

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 10 '17 at 19:29

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strptime(..).strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:00:00')

Adding this to the line as commented by Wondercricket gave me the solution I was looking for.

answered Jul 10 '17 at 19:29

Ahmed

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Note: this returns a `string` – Edgar Ortega Nov 01 '19 at 21:34

Make Seconds and Minutes equal to 00 in datetime list python

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