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+# datetime.py -  example of using date and time types
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Federico Di Gregorio  <fog@debian.org>
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+# Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later
+# version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTIBILITY
+# or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+# for more details.
+
+## put in DSN your DSN string
+
+DSN = 'dbname=test'
+
+## don't modify anything below tis line (except for experimenting)
+
+import sys, psycopg
+import mx.DateTime
+import datetime
+
+if len(sys.argv) > 1:
+    DSN = sys.argv[1]
+
+print "Opening connection using dns:", DSN
+conn = psycopg.connect(DSN)
+curs = conn.cursor()
+
+try:
+    curs.execute("""CREATE TABLE test_dt (k int4, d date, t time, dt timestamp,
+                                          z interval)""")
+except:
+    conn.rollback()
+    curs.execute("DROP TABLE test_dt")
+    curs.execute("""CREATE TABLE test_dt (k int4,
+                                          d date, t time, dt timestamp,
+                                          z interval)""")
+conn.commit()
+
+# build and insert some data using mx.DateTime
+mx1 = (
+    1,
+    mx.DateTime.Date(2004, 10, 19),
+    mx.DateTime.Time(0, 11, 17.015),
+    mx.DateTime.Timestamp(2004, 10, 19, 0, 11, 17.5),
+    mx.DateTime.DateTimeDelta(13, 15, 17, 59.9))
+
+print "Inserting mx.DateTime values..."
+curs.execute("INSERT INTO test_dt VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s)", mx1)
+
+# build and insert some values using the datetime adapters
+dt1 = (
+    2,
+    datetime.date(2004, 10, 19),
+    datetime.time(0, 11, 17, 15000),
+    datetime.datetime(2004, 10, 19, 0, 11, 17, 500000),
+    datetime.timedelta(13, 15*3600+17*60+59, 900000))
+
+print "Inserting Python datetime values..."
+curs.execute("INSERT INTO test_dt VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s)", dt1)
+
+# now extract the row from database and print them
+print "Extracting values inserted with mx.DateTime wrappers:"
+curs.execute("SELECT d, t, dt, z FROM test_dt WHERE k = 1")
+for n, x in zip(mx1[1:], curs.fetchone()):
+    try:
+        # this will work only is psycopg has been compiled with datetime
+        # as the default typecaster for date/time values
+        s = repr(n) + "\n -> " +  repr(x) + "\n -> " + x.isoformat()
+    except:
+        s = repr(n) + "\n -> " +  repr(x) + "\n -> " + str(x)
+    print s
+print
+
+print "Extracting values inserted with Python datetime wrappers:"
+curs.execute("SELECT d, t, dt, z FROM test_dt WHERE k = 2")
+for n, x in zip(dt1[1:], curs.fetchone()):
+    try:
+        # this will work only is psycopg has been compiled with datetime
+        # as the default typecaster for date/time values
+        s = repr(n) + "\n -> " +  repr(x) + "\n -> " + x.isoformat()
+    except:
+        s = repr(n) + "\n -> " +  repr(x) + "\n -> " + str(x)
+    print s
+print
+
+curs.execute("DROP TABLE test_dt")
+conn.commit()