Encoding a datetime

Engineering NuPIC
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my data set is like that : hh:mm:ss.mmm,mV,mV
to encoder the first column I use (strptime)

from datetime import datetime as dt
record = [‘0:00.006’, ‘-0.145’,‘-0.065’]
dateString = dt.strptime(record[0], "%H:%M.%S ")

but the problem that strptime don’t have the same forme:

def _strptime(data_string, format=“%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y”)

so there is two solution :slight_smile:
1 creat my datatime like the forme of my data set
2 in nupic there is other function can solve my problem

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Is it possible for you to just convert the datetime string into a format that nupic uses?

How are you using nupic? If you’re using the OPF, you can just pass it a datetime object. Which part of nupic are you using where you need the string in that format? If it’s the swarming part, it can parse a multitude of different formats.

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you mean change the forme of my data set and be like this forme “%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y” ???

no, I just want to detect anomaly in that database and the first step in nupic is to code my data to binary code

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We need to know this in order to help you. Which API are you using?

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I will use: Online Prediction Framework (OPF)

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If you use the OPF, you don’t need to create an encoder, you just configure your encoders in the model params. Please follow the API Quickstart for the OPF.

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sorry , I will use algorithms ,
ok , I want detect some anomaly in my data set , and my data set are in this form ( hh:mm:ss.mmm,mV,mV) .
first step, I want to encode the first column to binary form I use (dateString = dt.strptime(record[0], “%H:%M.%S) but nupic return to me a error that may data set dont have the same forme of (strptime) because the parametre of strptime are (def _strptime(data_string, format=”%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y")) , so my question is if there is any function can help me or I must creat my a function of datetime .
I wish you intrestand me

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All you have to do is format your date strings in one of the expected date formats.

Valid date format strings are in the docs:

  • %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f
  • %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S:%f
  • %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
  • %Y-%m-%d %H:%M
  • %Y-%m-%d
  • %m/%d/%Y %H:%M
  • %m/%d/%y %H:%M
  • %Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ
  • %Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ
  • %Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S
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