How can I sort the timestamps list in descending order using python sorted reverse?

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How can I use Python sorted reverse to sort this list in descending order? timestamps = [ “2010-04-20 10:07:30”, “2010-04-20 10:07:38”, “2010-04-20 10:07:52”, “2010-04-20 10:08:22”, “2010-04-20 10:08:22”, “2010-04-20 10:09:46”, “2010-04-20 10:10:37”, “2010-04-20 10:10:58”, “2010-04-20 10:11:50”, “2010-04-20 10:12:13”, “2010-04-20 10:12:13”, “2010-04-20 10:25:38” ]

How can I sort the timestamps list in descending order using python sorted reverse?

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You can use the sorted() function to sort the list in descending order and pass the reverse=True argument to reverse the sort order.

timestamps = [ “2010-04-20 10:07:30”, “2010-04-20 10:07:38”, “2010-04-20 10:07:52”, “2010-04-20 10:08:22”, “2010-04-20 10:08:22”, “2010-04-20 10:09:46”, “2010-04-20 10:10:37”, “2010-04-20 10:10:58”, “2010-04-20 10:11:50”, “2010-04-20 10:12:13”, “2010-04-20 10:12:13”, “2010-04-20 10:25:38” ]

sorted_timestamps = sorted(timestamps, reverse=True)
print(sorted_timestamps)
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Using list.sort() with reverse=True:

The sort() method modifies the original list and sorts it in place in descending order when reverse=True is passed.

timestamps = [ “2010-04-20 10:07:30”, “2010-04-20 10:07:38”, “2010-04-20 10:07:52”, “2010-04-20 10:08:22”, “2010-04-20 10:08:22”, “2010-04-20 10:09:46”, “2010-04-20 10:10:37”, “2010-04-20 10:10:58”, “2010-04-20 10:11:50”, “2010-04-20 10:12:13”, “2010-04-20 10:12:13”, “2010-04-20 10:25:38” ]

timestamps.sort(reverse=True)
print(timestamps)
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Using sorted() with key to sort based on datetime:

If the timestamps are in string format, you can use sorted() with a key function that converts the strings to datetime objects for more accurate sorting. In this case, you can still use reverse=True for descending order.

from datetime import datetime

timestamps = [ “2010-04-20 10:07:30”, “2010-04-20 10:07:38”, “2010-04-20 10:07:52”, “2010-04-20 10:08:22”, “2010-04-20 10:08:22”, “2010-04-20 10:09:46”, “2010-04-20 10:10:37”, “2010-04-20 10:10:58”, “2010-04-20 10:11:50”, “2010-04-20 10:12:13”, “2010-04-20 10:12:13”, “2010-04-20 10:25:38” ]

sorted_timestamps = sorted(timestamps, key=lambda x: datetime.strptime(x, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'), reverse=True)
print(sorted_timestamps)