python date iso 8601 code example

Example 1: python datetime to utc

from datetime import timezone

timestamp = dt.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc).timestamp()

Example 2: python datetime to string iso format

from datetime import datetime
some_date = datetime.now()
iso_date_string = some_date.isoformat()

# For older version of python 
iso_date_string = some_date.strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f%z')

Example 3: python weekday

df['date_time'].dt.dayofweek #gives only the index(0-monday,6-sunday)
df['date_time'].dt.weekday_name #gives the day