how to read time in 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: 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 3: python clock

# Here is a self updating clock function, just run it and it'll self update itself until you hit CTRL-C
import datetime
import time
def clock():
    while True:
        print(datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%H:%M:%S"), end="\r")
        time.sleep(1)

clock()

Example 4: python time library

#also see datetime
import time
now = time.time()
print(now)