Python modulo support for datetime

datetime_modulo.py

import datetime as dt

class datetime(dt.datetime):
    """The standard datetime class with the added support for the % and //
    operators.

    Refer to https://gist.github.com/treyhunner/6218526
    """
    def __divmod__(self, delta):
        seconds = int((self - dt.datetime.min.replace(tzinfo = self.tzinfo)).total_seconds())
        remainder = dt.timedelta(
            seconds=seconds % delta.total_seconds(),
            microseconds=self.microsecond,
        )
        quotient = self - remainder
        return quotient, remainder

    def __floordiv__(self, delta):
        return divmod(self, delta)[0]

    def __mod__(self, delta):
        return divmod(self, delta)[1]

demo.rst

>>> from datetime_modulo import datetime >>> from datetime import timedelta >>> d = datetime.now() >>> d datetime(2016, 4, 15, 18, 16, 37, 684181) >>> d % timedelta(seconds=60) datetime.timedelta(0, 37, 684181) >>> d // timedelta(seconds=60) datetime.datetime(2016, 4, 15, 18, 16) >>> d % timedelta(minutes=15) datetime.timedelta(0, 97, 684181) >>> d // timedelta(minutes=15) datetime.datetime(2016, 4, 15, 18, 15)