""" IPython magic function for printing basic information, such as the current date, time, Python, and IPython version. Installation: %install_ext https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rasbt/python_reference/master/ipython_magic/datemagic.py Usage: %load_ext datemagic %date optional arguments: -d, --date prints date (default) -t, --time print current time -s, --datetime print current time -p, --python prints Python version -i, --ipython prints IPython version """ import platform from time import strftime from platform import python_version import IPython from IPython.core.magic import Magics, magics_class, line_magic from IPython.core.magic_arguments import argument, magic_arguments, parse_argstring @magics_class class DateMagic(Magics): """ IPython magic function for printing the current date, time, Python, and IPython version. """ @magic_arguments() @argument('-d', '--date', action='store_true', help='prints date (default)') @argument('-t', '--time', action='store_true', help='print current time') @argument('-s', '--datetime', action='store_true', help='print current time') @argument('-p', '--python', action='store_true', help='prints Python version') @argument('-i', '--ipython', action='store_true', help='prints IPython version') @line_magic def date(self, line): """ IPython magic function for printing the current date, time, Python, and IPython version. """ args = parse_argstring(self.date, line) out = '' if args.date: out += strftime('%d/%m/%Y') if args.time: if out: out += ' ' out += strftime('%H:%M:%S') if args.python: if out: out += '\n' out += 'Python %s' %python_version() if args.ipython: if out: out += '\n' out += 'IPython %s' %IPython.__version__ if not out: out += strftime('%d/%m/%Y') print(out) def load_ipython_extension(ipython): ipython.register_magics(DateMagic)