DateTime Delta

Category: Date / Time

Status: Registered and callable in the CyberChef 11.3.0 compatibility inventory.

Input / output: string → html

What it does

Calculates a new DateTime value given an input DateTime value and a time difference (delta) from the input DateTime value.

Note

Status here means the operation name is implemented and callable. It does not by itself promise byte-for-byte parity for every upstream option. See Compatibility and current status for the verified scope and known boundaries.

Arguments and options

Arguments are positional. Keep their order when using bake() or Pipeline.then().

Index	Name	UI type	PyChef default	Accepted values / format
`0`	Built in formats	`populateOption`	`'DATETIME_FORMATS'`	`'DD/MM/YYYY HH:mm:ss'`, `'MM/DD/YYYY HH:mm:ss'`, `'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss'`, `'dddd Do MMMM YYYY HH:mm:ss Z z'`, `'X'`, `'x'`, `''`
`1`	Input format string	`binaryString`	`'DD/MM/YYYY HH:mm:ss'`	`'DD/MM/YYYY HH:mm:ss'`
`2`	Time Operation	`option`	`'Add'`	`'Add'`, `'Subtract'`
`3`	Days	`number`	`0`	A Python integer or floating-point value
`4`	Hours	`number`	`0`	A Python integer or floating-point value
`5`	Minutes	`number`	`0`	A Python integer or floating-point value
`6`	Seconds	`number`	`0`	A Python integer or floating-point value

Recipe template

Important

This is a call template built from the documented defaults. Replace placeholder values such as empty keys, paths, patterns, or lookup data before running it.

from pychef import bake

input_value = "example"
args = ['DATETIME_FORMATS', 'DD/MM/YYYY HH:mm:ss', 'Add', 0, 0, 0, 0]
result = bake(input_value, [{"op": 'DateTime Delta', "args": args}])
print(result)

Pipeline example

from pychef import Pipeline

args = ['DATETIME_FORMATS', 'DD/MM/YYYY HH:mm:ss', 'Add', 0, 0, 0, 0]
transform = Pipeline().then('DateTime Delta', *args)
result = transform("example")

Direct call

pychef.ops.run_operation runs any registered operation as a plain function, under the active ExecutionPolicy (safe defaults, no network):

from pychef.ops import run_operation

args = ['DATETIME_FORMATS', 'DD/MM/YYYY HH:mm:ss', 'Add', 0, 0, 0, 0]
result = run_operation('DateTime Delta', "example", args=args)

Common operations also have typed helpers in Direct operations.

Low-level operation module

Warning

The module below is an internal implementation detail. It applies no execution policy, resource limits, or error sanitization; prefer bake(), Pipeline, or pychef.ops for application code.

The registered entry point lives in pychef.operations.by_operation.datetime_delta. Direct calls receive the input value and a positional argument tuple:

from pychef.operations.by_operation.datetime_delta import run

result = run("example", tuple(['DATETIME_FORMATS', 'DD/MM/YYYY HH:mm:ss', 'Add', 0, 0, 0, 0]))

pychef.operations.by_operation.datetime_delta.run(value, args)

Run this operation using its shared internal implementation.

Parameters:

value (str | bytes)
args (Sequence[Any])

Return type:

str | bytes