Source code for pykechain.models.property_datetime
import datetime
from typing import Union
from pykechain.models import Property
from pykechain.models.input_checks import check_datetime
from pykechain.utils import parse_datetime
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class DatetimeProperty(Property):
"""A virtual object representing a KE-chain datetime property."""
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def to_datetime(self) -> Union[type(None), datetime.datetime]:
"""Retrieve the datetime as a datetime.datetime value.
:returns: the value
"""
return parse_datetime(self._value)
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def serialize_value(self, value) -> str:
"""
Serialize the value to be set on the property by checking for formatted strings or datetime objects.
:param value: non-serialized value
:type value: Any
:return: serialized value
"""
return check_datetime(dt=value, key="value")