Answers for "time.strftime"

python datetime string

import datetime

today = datetime.datetime.now()
date_time = today.strftime("%m/%d/%Y, %H:%M:%S")
print("date and time:",date_time)

format time python

| Directive | Meaning                                                        | Example                 | 
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|%a         | Abbreviated weekday name.                                      | Sun, Mon, ..            | 
|%A         | Full weekday name.                                             | Sunday, Monday, ...     | 
|%w         | Weekday as a decimal number.                                   | 0, 1, ..., 6            | 
|%d         | Day of the month as a zero-padded decimal.                     | 01, 02, ..., 31         | 
|%-d        | Day of the month as a decimal number.                          | 1, 2, ..., 30           | 
|%b         | Abbreviated month name.                                        | Jan, Feb, ..., Dec      | 
|%B         | Full month name.                                               | January, February, ...  | 
|%m         | Month as a zero-padded decimal number.                         | 01, 02, ..., 12         | 
|%-m        | Month as a decimal number.                                     | 1, 2, ..., 12           | 
|%y         | Year without century as a zero-padded decimal number.          | 00, 01, ..., 99         | 
|%-y        | Year without century as a decimal number.                      | 0, 1, ..., 99           | 
|%Y         | Year with century as a decimal number.                         | 2013, 2019 etc.         | 
|%H         | Hour (24-hour clock) as a zero-padded decimal number.          | 00, 01, ..., 23         | 
|%-H        | Hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number.                      | 0, 1, ..., 23           | 
|%I         | Hour (12-hour clock) as a zero-padded decimal number.          | 01, 02, ..., 12         | 
|%-I        | Hour (12-hour clock) as a decimal number.                      | 1, 2, ... 12            | 
|%p         | Locale’s AM or PM.                                             | AM, PM                  | 
|%M         | Minute as a zero-padded decimal number.                        | 00, 01, ..., 59         | 
|%-M        | Minute as a decimal number.                                    | 0, 1, ..., 59           | 
|%S         | Second as a zero-padded decimal number.                        | 00, 01, ..., 59         | 
|%-S        | Second as a decimal number.                                    | 0, 1, ..., 59           | 
|%f         | Microsecond as a decimal number, zero-padded on the left.      | 000000 - 999999         | 
|%z         | UTC offset in the form +HHMM or -HHMM.                         |                         | 
|%Z         | Time zone name.                                                |                         | 
|%j         | Day of the year as a zero-padded decimal number.               | 001, 002, ..., 366      | 
|%-j        | Day of the year as a decimal number. 1, 2, ..., 366            |                         | 
|%U         | Week number of the year (Sunday as the first day of the week). | 00, 01, ..., 53         | 
|%W         | Week number of the year (Monday as the first day of the week). | 00, 01, ..., 53         | 
|%c         | Locale’s appropriate date and time representation.             | Mon Sep 30 07:06:05 2013|
|%x         | Locale’s appropriate date representation.                      | 09/30/13                | 
|%X         | Locale’s appropriate time representation.                      | 07:06:05                | 
|%%         | A literal '%' character.                                       | %                       |

date time strftime

# Example usage:
import datetime
date_time = datetime.datetime.now()
print(date_time)
--> '2020-10-03 15:29:54.822751'

# From the date_time variable, you can extract the date in various
# custom formats with .strftime(), for example:
date_time.strftime("%d/%m/%Y")
--> '03/10/2020' # dd/mm/yyyy

date_time.strftime("%m/%d/%y")
--> '10/03/20' # mm/dd/yy

date_time.strftime("%Y/%m/%d")
--> '2020/10/03'

date_time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
--> '2020-10-03'

date_time.strftime("%B %d, %Y")
--> 'October 03, 2020'

# Key for other custom date/time formats:
Directive	Description								Example
%a			Weekday, short version					Wed	
%A			Weekday, full version					Wednesday	
%w			Weekday as a number 0-6, 0 is Sunday	3	
%d			Day of month 01-31						31	
%b			Month name, short version				Dec	
%B			Month name, full version				December	
%m			Month as a number 01-12					12	
%y			Year, short version, without century	18	
%Y			Year, full version						2018	
%H			Hour 00-23								17	
%I			Hour 00-12								05	
%p			AM/PM									PM	
%M			Minute 00-59							41	
%S			Second 00-59							08	
%f			Microsecond 000000-999999				548513	
%z			UTC offset								+0100	
%Z			Timezone								CST	
%j			Day number of year 001-366				365	
%U			Week number of year 00-53				52	
%c			Local version of date and time			Mon Dec 31 17:41:00 2018	
%x			Local version of date					12/31/18	
%X			Local version of time					17:41:00	
%%			A % character							%

time.strftime

from datetime import datetime

timestamp = 1528797322
date_time = datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp)

print("Date time object:", date_time)

d = date_time.strftime("%m/%d/%Y, %H:%M:%S")
print("Output 2:", d)	

d = date_time.strftime("%d %b, %Y")
print("Output 3:", d)

d = date_time.strftime("%d %B, %Y")
print("Output 4:", d)

d = date_time.strftime("%I%p")
print("Output 5:", d)

python - oordinated universal time

from datetime import datetime, timezone
print(datetime.now())              # timezone
print(datetime.now(timezone.utc))  # coordinated universal time

python time library

#also see datetime
import time
now = time.time()
print(now)