Problem setting time.struct_time properties in Python

Question

After I parsed a date in Python I need to patch it. But structure time.struct_time has read-only properties only:

parsed = time.strptime("23:59", "%H:%M")
parsed.tm_year = 2011
> TypeError: readonly attribute

How do I get a patched datetime value in a short & clever way?

Jacob · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-24 20:48:42Z

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Use datetime:

>>> p = datetime.datetime.strptime("23:59", "%H:%M")
>>> p = p.replace(year=2011)
>>> p
datetime.datetime(2011, 1, 1, 23, 59)

answered Jul 24, 2011 at 20:48

Jacob

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