Для манипулирования датами есть большая библиотека: Delorean
import datetime
from delorean import Delorean
now = datetime.datetime.now()
d = Delorean(now, timezone='US/Pacific')
>>> now
datetime.datetime(2015, 3, 26, 19, 46, 40, 525703)
>>> d.truncate('second')
Delorean(datetime=2015-03-26 19:46:40-07:00, timezone='US/Pacific')
>>> d.truncate('minute')
Delorean(datetime=2015-03-26 19:46:00-07:00, timezone='US/Pacific')
>>> d.truncate('hour')
Delorean(datetime=2015-03-26 19:00:00-07:00, timezone='US/Pacific')
>>> d.truncate('day')
Delorean(datetime=2015-03-26 00:00:00-07:00, timezone='US/Pacific')
>>> d.truncate('month')
Delorean(datetime=2015-03-01 00:00:00-07:00, timezone='US/Pacific')
>>> d.truncate('year')
Delorean(datetime=2015-01-01 00:00:00-07:00, timezone='US/Pacific')
и если вы хотите вернуть значение datetime:
>>> d.truncate('year').datetime
datetime.datetime(2015, 1, 1, 0, 0, tzinfo=<DstTzInfo 'US/Pacific' PDT-1 day, 17:00:00 DST>)