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Author: Jason Belk

days/01-03-datetimes/code/bite7_belk.py

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+'''Extract datetimes from log entries and calculate the time
+   between the first and last shutdown events'''
+from datetime import datetime
+import os
+import urllib.request
+
+SHUTDOWN_EVENT = 'Shutdown initiated'
+
+# prep: read in the logfile
+logfile = os.path.join('/tmp', 'log')
+urllib.request.urlretrieve('http://bit.ly/2AKSIbf', logfile)
+
+with open(logfile) as f:
+    loglines = f.readlines()
+
+
+# for you to code:
+
+def convert_to_datetime(line):
+    '''TODO 1:
+       Given a log line extract its timestamp and convert it to a datetime object.
+       For example calling the function with:
+       INFO 2014-07-03T23:27:51 supybot Shutdown complete.
+       returns:
+       datetime(2014, 7, 3, 23, 27, 51)'''
+    pass
+
+
+def time_between_shutdowns(loglines):
+    '''TODO 2:
+       Extract shutdown events ("Shutdown initiated") from loglines and calculate the
+       timedelta between the first and last one.
+       Return this datetime.timedelta object.'''
+    pass