Answers for "strftime datetime"

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)

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							%

strptime python

import datetime
d =datetime.datetime.strptime("01/27/2012","%m/%d/%Y").strftime('%m/%d/%Y')
print d
01/27/2012

datetime.strftime() syntax

from datetime import datetime

date_string = "21 June, 2018"

print("date_string =", date_string)
print("type of date_string =", type(date_string))

date_object = datetime.strptime(date_string, "%d %B, %Y")

print("date_object =", date_object)
print("type of date_object =", type(date_object))

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)

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							%

strptime python

import datetime
d =datetime.datetime.strptime("01/27/2012","%m/%d/%Y").strftime('%m/%d/%Y')
print d
01/27/2012

datetime.strftime() syntax

from datetime import datetime

date_string = "21 June, 2018"

print("date_string =", date_string)
print("type of date_string =", type(date_string))

date_object = datetime.strptime(date_string, "%d %B, %Y")

print("date_object =", date_object)
print("type of date_object =", type(date_object))