date.resolution() to get smallest change between non equal date objects

resolution() : Returns the minimum difference between two non equal date objects .

from datetime import date
dt = date.today().resolution
print(dt)

Output

1 day, 0:00:00

Date with time

from datetime import datetime
dt = datetime.now().resolution
print(dt)

Output

0:00:00.000001

Using date object

import datetime
# Year, Month, date, Hour, Minute, Second, microsecond
dt = datetime.datetime(2019,12,31,23,59,59,345234)
print(dt.resolution)

Output

0:00:00.000001

Use Case: Event Logging Systems

In time-sensitive systems (e.g., server logs or transactions), datetime.resolution helps determine the smallest time unit logged, ensuring high precision for event tracking. For example, microsecond precision is important in logging to avoid overlap of events.

from datetime import datetime
resolution = datetime.now().resolution
print(resolution)  # Output: 0:00:00.000001 (microseconds)

Use Case: Financial Transactions

In financial systems, tracking time to microseconds can be crucial when processing high-frequency trades or timestamping transactions, ensuring no overlap or ambiguity.
All Date Objects

String Functions Math functions Python- Tutorials

Subhendu Mohapatra

Author

🎥 Join me live on YouTube

Passionate about coding and teaching, I publish practical tutorials on PHP, Python, JavaScript, SQL, and web development. My goal is to make learning simple, engaging, and project‑oriented with real examples and source code.

Subscribe to our YouTube Channel here

resolution(): provides the smallest possible difference between two date objects

Using date object

Use Case: Event Logging Systems

Use Case: Financial Transactions

Subhendu Mohapatra