Python datetime: A Practical Guide to Parsing, Formatting, and Time Math

Timestamps are everywhere in real code, but strptime, strftime, and timedelta are easy to mix up. This guide builds a point-and-duration mental model, then works through creating, parsing, formatting, date arithmetic, and basic timezone-awareness on a small delivery-tracking scenario you can reproduce yourself.

July 3, 2026 in Python by Mehdi Lotfinejad10 minutes