current time in datetime python code example

Example 1: python print time

import datetime
now = datetime.datetime.now()
print (now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"))
# key: https://strftime.org/

Example 2: python get current time

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import datetime
 
currentDateTime = datetime.datetime.now()
print(currentDateTime)
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from datetime import datetime
 
currentDateTime = datetime.now()
print(currentDateTime)
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import datetime

print(datetime.datetime.now())
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from datetime import datetime
 
print(datetime.now())
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Example 3: how to get current time in python

import time

t = time.localtime()
current_time = time.strftime("%H:%M:%S", t)
print(current_time)

Example 4: how to print time python

import datetime
datetime.datetime.now()
datetime.datetime(2009, 1, 6, 15, 8, 24, 78915)

print(datetime.datetime.now())
#2009-01-06 15:08:24.789150

Example 5: use datetime python to get runtime

from datetime import datetime

start = datetime.now()
# code ...
print(datetime.now()-start)