Question

How to get the current date and time in Python

Answer 1

from time import gmtime, strftime

t = strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", gmtime())

print(t)


'''
run:

2017-11-06 07:12:08

'''

 

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Answer 2

from datetime import datetime

t = str(datetime.now())

print(t)


'''
run:

2017-11-06 09:31:35.054568

'''

 

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Answer 3

from datetime import datetime

t = datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')

print(t)


'''
run:

2017-11-06 09:32:30

'''

 

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Answer 4

import datetime

t = datetime.datetime.now()

print(t)


'''
run:

2017-11-06 09:33:25.130864

'''

 

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Answer 5

import time

t = time.ctime()

print(t)


'''
run:

Mon Nov  6 09:52:08 2017

'''

 

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Answer 6

import time

print(time.ctime(time.time()))
      
         
         
'''
run:

Sun Jun  2 17:37:04 2019
            
'''

 

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Answer 7

import datetime

print('now:', datetime.datetime.now())
print('today:', datetime.datetime.today())     
print('utcnow:', datetime.datetime.utcnow())

'''
run:

now    : 2019-06-06 13:49:26.393668
today  : 2019-06-06 13:49:26.393765
utcnow: 2019-06-06 13:49:26.393786

'''

 

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Answer 8

import datetime

dt = datetime.datetime.now()     

FIELDS = ['year', 'month', 'day',         
          'hour', 'minute', 'second',
          'microsecond',]

for f in FIELDS:         
    print('{:11}: {}'.format(f, getattr(dt, f)))



'''
run:

year       : 2019
month      : 6
day        : 6
hour       : 13
minute     : 55
second     : 40
microsecond: 256390

'''

 

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Answer 9

import time
 
print(time.strftime("%d/%m/%Y"))

print(time.strftime("%H:%M:%S"))



'''
run:
 
22/06/2015
16:11:17
 
'''

 

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Answer 10

import time
 
print(time.strftime("%c"))



'''
run:
 
06/23/15 11:32:29
 
'''

 

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Answer 11

import time
 
print("date: " + time.strftime("%x"))
print("time: " + time.strftime("%X"))
 

'''
run:
 
date: 06/23/15
time: 19:12:09
 
'''

 

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