find nearest time in datetime list

[washakie]

Hello,

I have a list of datetime objects: DTlist, I have another single datetime
object: dt, ... I need to find the nearest DTlist to the dt .... is
there a simple way to do this? There isn't necessarily an exact match...

Thanks!
..john

 

[Boris Borcic]

Hello,

I have a list of datetime objects: DTlist, I have another single datetime
object: dt, ... I need to find the nearest DTlist to the dt .... is
there a simple way to do this? There isn't necessarily an exact match...

Thanks!
.john

min(DTlist,key=lambda date : abs(dt-date))

 

[Tim Chase]

min(DTlist,key=lambda date : abs(dt-date))

In Python2.4:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
TypeError: min() takes no keyword arguments

Looks like min() only started taking keywords (key) from
Python2.5 forward.

But the min() solution is good if you're running 2.5

-tkc