Geoffery, Joseph

Articles: 7

Joined: Dec 20, 2020

I am a software developer with interests in open source, android development (with kotlin), backend web development (with python), and data science (with python as well).

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Comparing Datetime with Delorean in Python - With and Without Timezones

Working with datetimes can be challenging, and handling datetime in Python is no exception. Python's built-in datetime module introduced us to several classes - date, datetime, time, timezone and timedelta, and several external libraries have spawned to address the issues present in the official module, such as Arrow. In this...

Geoffery, Joseph

Aug 20, 2021·6 min read

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Datetime Arithmetic, Alteration and Truncation with Python's Delorean

Working with datetime can be a bit daunting and challenging, and handling datetime in Python is no exception. Python's built-in datetime module introduced us to several classes - date, datetime, time, timezone and timedelta, and several external libraries have spawned to address the issues present in the official module, such...

Geoffery, Joseph

Jul 16, 2021·7 min read

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How to Humanize Delorean Datetime Objects

Geoffery, Joseph

Jul 15, 2021·7 min read

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Creating and Parsing Datetime in Python with Delorean

Geoffery, Joseph

Jul 14, 2021·11 min read

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Guide to Flask-MongoEngine in Python

Building a web app almost always means dealing with data from a database. There are various databases to choose from, depending on your preference. In this guide, we shall be taking a look at how to integrate one of the most popular NoSQL databases - MongoDB - with the Flask...

Geoffery, Joseph

Feb 22, 2021·20 min read

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Integrating MongoDB with Flask Using Flask-PyMongo

Building a web app almost always means dealing with data from a database. There are various databases to choose from, depending on your preference. In this article, we shall be taking a look at how to integrate one of the most popular NoSQL databases - MongoDB - with the Flask...

Geoffery, Joseph

Jan 26, 2021·17 min read

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Comparing Datetimes in Python with and without Timezones

When working with dates, oftentimes, you'd like to know if a given date comes before or after another date. We can get these answers by comparing dates. In this article, we will learn how to use the Python datetime module to create and compare both naive (without timezone info) and...

Geoffery, Joseph

Jan 08, 2021·4 min read