datetime
E431917
datetime is a Python standard library module that supplies classes for manipulating dates, times, and time intervals.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| datetime canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4325175 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: datetime Context triple: [Python standard library, includesModule, datetime]
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A.
NSDate
NSDate is an Objective-C class in Apple’s Foundation framework that represents a specific point in time for use in macOS and iOS applications.
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B.
Time
Time is a major American news magazine known for its influential coverage of current events, politics, and culture.
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C.
Time
Time is a personified embodiment of time itself, portrayed as an eccentric, clockwork-like being in the fantasy film "Alice Through the Looking Glass."
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D.
Time
Time is a 1995 song by the American rock band Screaming Trees, featured on their album "Dust."
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E.
Date
Date is an HTTP header field that indicates the date and time at which the message was originated, formatted according to internet date/time standards.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: datetime Target entity description: datetime is a Python standard library module that supplies classes for manipulating dates, times, and time intervals.
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A.
NSDate
NSDate is an Objective-C class in Apple’s Foundation framework that represents a specific point in time for use in macOS and iOS applications.
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B.
Time
Time is a major American news magazine known for its influential coverage of current events, politics, and culture.
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C.
Time
Time is a personified embodiment of time itself, portrayed as an eccentric, clockwork-like being in the fantasy film "Alice Through the Looking Glass."
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D.
Time
Time is a 1995 song by the American rock band Screaming Trees, featured on their album "Dust."
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E.
Date
Date is an HTTP header field that indicates the date and time at which the message was originated, formatted according to internet date/time standards.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Python standard library module ⓘ |
| definedInPEP |
PEP 495 (fold attribute for ambiguous times)
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PEP 615 (IANA time zone support via zoneinfo) ⓘ PEP 8 (style guidelines apply) ⓘ |
| documentationURL | https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html ⓘ |
| hasAttribute |
datetime.datetime.fold
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datetime.datetime.tzinfo ⓘ datetime.time.fold ⓘ datetime.time.tzinfo ⓘ datetime.timedelta.days ⓘ datetime.timedelta.microseconds ⓘ datetime.timedelta.seconds ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
datetime.date.isoformat
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datetime.date.replace ⓘ datetime.date.today ⓘ datetime.datetime.astimezone ⓘ datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp ⓘ datetime.datetime.isoformat ⓘ datetime.datetime.now ⓘ datetime.datetime.replace ⓘ datetime.datetime.strftime ⓘ datetime.datetime.strptime ⓘ datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp ⓘ datetime.datetime.utcnow ⓘ datetime.time.isoformat ⓘ datetime.time.replace ⓘ datetime.timedelta.total_seconds ⓘ datetime.timezone.fromutc ⓘ datetime.timezone.utc ⓘ |
| hasUseCase |
data serialization
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date arithmetic ⓘ logging timestamps ⓘ scheduling ⓘ time arithmetic ⓘ time zone conversions ⓘ |
| introducedInVersion | Python 2.3 ⓘ |
| partOf | Python standard library ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | Python ⓘ |
| providesClass |
datetime.UTC
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datetime.date ⓘ datetime.datetime ⓘ datetime.time ⓘ datetime.timedelta ⓘ datetime.timezone ⓘ datetime.tzinfo ⓘ |
| supportsConcept |
ISO 8601 formatting
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UTC time ⓘ aware datetime ⓘ calendar arithmetic ⓘ date ⓘ date comparison ⓘ datetime comparison ⓘ daylight saving time handling ⓘ local time ⓘ naive datetime ⓘ time ⓘ time comparison ⓘ time interval ⓘ time zone ⓘ time zone offset ⓘ timedelta arithmetic ⓘ timestamp conversion ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: datetime Description of subject: datetime is a Python standard library module that supplies classes for manipulating dates, times, and time intervals.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.