I have a date column in a MySQL table. I want to insert a datetime.datetime() object into this column. What should I be using in the execute statement?
I have tried:
now = datetime.datetime(2009,5,5)
cursor.execute("INSERT INTO table
(name, id, datecolumn) VALUES (%s, %s
, %s)",("name", 4,now))
I am getting an error as: "TypeError: not all arguments converted during string formatting"
What should I use instead of %s?
8 Answers
For a time field, use:
import time
time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
I think strftime also applies to datetime.
You are most likely getting the TypeError because you need quotes around the datecolumn value.
Try:
now = datetime.datetime(2009, 5, 5)
cursor.execute("INSERT INTO table (name, id, datecolumn) VALUES (%s, %s, '%s')",
("name", 4, now))
With regards to the format, I had success with the above command (which includes the milliseconds) and with:
now.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
Hope this helps.
Try using now.date() to get a Date object rather than a DateTime.
If that doesn't work, then converting that to a string should work:
now = datetime.datetime(2009,5,5)
str_now = now.date().isoformat()
cursor.execute('INSERT INTO table (name, id, datecolumn) VALUES (%s,%s,%s)', ('name',4,str_now))
Use Python method datetime.strftime(format), where format = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'.
import datetime
now = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
cursor.execute("INSERT INTO table (name, id, datecolumn) VALUES (%s, %s, %s)",
("name", 4, now.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')))
Timezones
If timezones are a concern, the MySQL timezone can be set for UTC as follows:
cursor.execute("SET time_zone = '+00:00'")
And the timezone can be set in Python:
now = datetime.datetime.utcnow().replace(tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc)
