how to get current date using python code example

Example 1: get date and time python

from datetime import datetime
now = datetime.now()
print (now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"))


Output: 2020-06-19 10:34:45

Example 2: how to get the current date in flask python

from datetime import date
//today is an object so you can get the day, month and year by
//treating it as an object. eg: today.day, today.month, today.year
today = date.today()
print("Today's date:", today)