What's the most elegant way to get the end of the day (datetime)?

Question

I\'m currently writing some reporting code that allows users to optionally specify a date range. The way it works (simplified), is:

• A user (optionally) specifies a

Answer 1

Using dict.get can simplify your code. It is a bit cleaner than using datetime.replace and timedelta objects.

Here's something to get you started:

from datetime import datetime

options = dict(month=5, day=20)
now = datetime.now()
start_time = datetime(year=options.get('year', now.year), 
                      month=options.get('month', 1),
                      day=options.get('day', 1)
                      hour=0,
                      minute=0,
                      second=0)
stop_time =  datetime(year=options.get('year', now.year), 
                      month=options.get('month', now.month),
                      day=options.get('day', now.day),
                      hour=now.hour,
                      minute=now.minute,
                      second=now.second)