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# timestamp

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# <span style={{ 'color': 'gray' }}>module</span>  pixeltable.functions.timestamp

Pixeltable UDFs for `TimestampType`.

Usage example:

```python  theme={null}
import pixeltable as pxt

t = pxt.get_table(...)
t.select(t.timestamp_col.year, t.timestamp_col.weekday()).collect()
```

## <span style={{ 'color': 'gray' }}>udf</span>  astimezone()

```python Signature theme={null}
@pxt.udf
astimezone(self: pxt.Timestamp, tz: pxt.String) -> pxt.Timestamp
```

Convert the datetime to the given time zone.

**Parameters:**

* **`tz`** (`pxt.String`): The time zone to convert to. Must be a valid time zone name from the
  [IANA Time Zone Database](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones).

## <span style={{ 'color': 'gray' }}>udf</span>  day()

```python Signature theme={null}
@pxt.udf
day(self: pxt.Timestamp) -> pxt.Int
```

Between 1 and the number of days in the given month of the given year.

Equivalent to [`datetime.day`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#datetime.datetime.day).

## <span style={{ 'color': 'gray' }}>udf</span>  hour()

```python Signature theme={null}
@pxt.udf
hour(self: pxt.Timestamp) -> pxt.Int
```

Between 0 and 23 inclusive.

Equivalent to [`datetime.hour`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#datetime.datetime.hour).

## <span style={{ 'color': 'gray' }}>udf</span>  isocalendar()

```python Signature theme={null}
@pxt.udf
isocalendar(self: pxt.Timestamp) -> pxt.Json
```

Return a dictionary with three entries: `'year'`, `'week'`, and `'weekday'`.

Equivalent to
[`datetime.isocalendar()`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#datetime.datetime.isocalendar).

## <span style={{ 'color': 'gray' }}>udf</span>  isoformat()

```python Signature theme={null}
@pxt.udf
isoformat(
    self: pxt.Timestamp,
    sep: pxt.String = 'T',
    timespec: pxt.String = 'auto'
) -> pxt.String
```

Return a string representing the date and time in ISO 8601 format.

Equivalent to [`datetime.isoformat()`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#datetime.datetime.isoformat).

**Parameters:**

* **`sep`** (`pxt.String`): Separator between date and time.
* **`timespec`** (`pxt.String`): The number of additional terms in the output. See the
  [`datetime.isoformat()`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#datetime.datetime.isoformat)
  documentation for more details.

## <span style={{ 'color': 'gray' }}>udf</span>  isoweekday()

```python Signature theme={null}
@pxt.udf
isoweekday(self: pxt.Timestamp) -> pxt.Int
```

Return the day of the week as an integer, where Monday is 1 and Sunday is 7.

Equivalent to [`datetime.isoweekday()`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#datetime.datetime.isoweekday).

## <span style={{ 'color': 'gray' }}>udf</span>  make\_timestamp()

```python Signature theme={null}
@pxt.udf
make_timestamp(
    year: pxt.Int,
    month: pxt.Int,
    day: pxt.Int,
    hour: pxt.Int = 0,
    minute: pxt.Int = 0,
    second: pxt.Int = 0,
    microsecond: pxt.Int = 0
) -> pxt.Timestamp
```

Create a timestamp.

Equivalent to [`datetime()`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#datetime.datetime).

## <span style={{ 'color': 'gray' }}>udf</span>  microsecond()

```python Signature theme={null}
@pxt.udf
microsecond(self: pxt.Timestamp) -> pxt.Int
```

Between 0 and 999999 inclusive.

Equivalent to [`datetime.microsecond`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#datetime.datetime.microsecond).

## <span style={{ 'color': 'gray' }}>udf</span>  minute()

```python Signature theme={null}
@pxt.udf
minute(self: pxt.Timestamp) -> pxt.Int
```

Between 0 and 59 inclusive.

Equivalent to [`datetime.minute`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#datetime.datetime.minute).

## <span style={{ 'color': 'gray' }}>udf</span>  month()

```python Signature theme={null}
@pxt.udf
month(self: pxt.Timestamp) -> pxt.Int
```

Between 1 and 12 inclusive.

Equivalent to [`datetime.month`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#datetime.datetime.month).

## <span style={{ 'color': 'gray' }}>udf</span>  posix\_timestamp()

```python Signature theme={null}
@pxt.udf
posix_timestamp(self: pxt.Timestamp) -> pxt.Float
```

Return POSIX timestamp corresponding to the datetime instance.

Equivalent to [`datetime.timestamp()`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#datetime.datetime.timestamp).

## <span style={{ 'color': 'gray' }}>udf</span>  replace()

```python Signature theme={null}
@pxt.udf
replace(
    self: pxt.Timestamp,
    year: pxt.Int | None = None,
    month: pxt.Int | None = None,
    day: pxt.Int | None = None,
    hour: pxt.Int | None = None,
    minute: pxt.Int | None = None,
    second: pxt.Int | None = None,
    microsecond: pxt.Int | None = None
) -> pxt.Timestamp
```

Return a datetime with the same attributes, except for those attributes given new values by whichever keyword
arguments are specified.

Equivalent to [`datetime.replace()`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#datetime.datetime.replace).

## <span style={{ 'color': 'gray' }}>udf</span>  second()

```python Signature theme={null}
@pxt.udf
second(self: pxt.Timestamp) -> pxt.Int
```

Between 0 and 59 inclusive.

Equivalent to [`datetime.second`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#datetime.datetime.second).

## <span style={{ 'color': 'gray' }}>udf</span>  strftime()

```python Signature theme={null}
@pxt.udf
strftime(self: pxt.Timestamp, format: pxt.String) -> pxt.String
```

Return a string representing the date and time, controlled by an explicit format string.

Equivalent to [`datetime.strftime()`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#datetime.datetime.strftime).

**Parameters:**

* **`format`** (`pxt.String`): The format string to control the output. For a complete list of formatting directives, see
  [`strftime()` and `strptime()` Behavior](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#strftime-and-strptime-behavior).

## <span style={{ 'color': 'gray' }}>udf</span>  toordinal()

```python Signature theme={null}
@pxt.udf
toordinal(self: pxt.Timestamp) -> pxt.Int
```

Return the proleptic Gregorian ordinal of the date, where January 1 of year 1 has ordinal 1.

Equivalent to [`datetime.toordinal()`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#datetime.datetime.toordinal).

## <span style={{ 'color': 'gray' }}>udf</span>  weekday()

```python Signature theme={null}
@pxt.udf
weekday(self: pxt.Timestamp) -> pxt.Int
```

Between 0 (Monday) and 6 (Sunday) inclusive.

Equivalent to [`datetime.weekday()`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#datetime.datetime.weekday).

## <span style={{ 'color': 'gray' }}>udf</span>  year()

```python Signature theme={null}
@pxt.udf
year(self: pxt.Timestamp) -> pxt.Int
```

Between [`MINYEAR`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#datetime.MINYEAR) and
[`MAXYEAR`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#datetime.MAXYEAR) inclusive.

Equivalent to [`datetime.year`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#datetime.datetime.year).


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