python get the current date
# 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 %