formatteed time from datetime object ppython code example
Example 1: datetimes to day of year python
>>> import datetime
>>> today = datetime.datetime.now()
>>> print today
2009-03-06 15:37:02.484000
>>> today.strftime('%j')
'065'
Example 2: python datetime now
import datetime
print(datetime.datetime.now()) #datetime.datetime.now() is the syntax