Concatenate Date And Time Fields (Tracking Analyst)
Summary
Concatenates two separate date and time fields in a feature class or layer into a single field containing both the date and time.
Tracking Analyst is designed to work with temporal data containing date and time information in a single field. If your data contains the date and time in two separate fields, this tool can be used to combine the information together into a new field that Tracking Analyst will understand.
Usage
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The input date and time fields must have a field data type of text.
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The new field added to the feature layer by this tool will also have a field data type of text.
- If you are working with a shapefile that contains a date field with only date information (i.e., 03/09/2006), you must transfer the date values into a text field before using this tool to concatenate it with a time field.
Syntax
| Parameter | Explanation | Data Type |
Feature_Class |
The input feature class or layer. | Feature Layer |
DateField |
The text field in the input feature layer that contains date values. | Field |
TimeField |
The text field in the input feature layer that contains time values. | Field |
OutputField |
The name of the new concatenated date/time field to be created and added to the input feature layer. | String |
Code Sample
This sample shows how to run the tool to concatenate the "MY_DATE" and "MY_TIME" fields, creating a new field named "NEW_DATE_TIME".
import arcpy
arcpy.CheckOutExtension("tracking")
inputGDB = "C:/arcgis/ArcTutor/Tracking Analyst/My_Geodatabase.gdb/my_feature_class"
arcpy.ConcatenateDateAndTimeFields_ta(inputGDB, "MY_DATE", "MY_TIME", "NEW_DATE_TIME")