system 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: getting time python

import datetime
 
currentDT = datetime.datetime.now()
print(str(currentDT))

# prints XXXX-XX-XX XX:XX:XX.XXXXXX
# or

import datetime
 
currentDT = datetime.datetime.now()
 
print ("Current Year is: %d" % currentDT.year)
print ("Current Month is: %d" % currentDT.month)
print ("Current Day is: %d" % currentDT.day)
print ("Current Hour is: %d" % currentDT.hour)
print ("Current Minute is: %d" % currentDT.minute)
print ("Current Second is: %d" % currentDT.second)
print ("Current Microsecond is: %d" % currentDT.microsecond)
# prints
"""
Current Year is: XXXX
Current Month is: XX
Current Day is: XX
Current Hour is: XX
Current Minute is: XX
Current Second is: XX
Current Microsecond is: XXXXXX
"""

Example 3: oython get time

from datetime import datetime

now = datetime.now()

current_time = now.strftime("%H:%M:%S")
print("Current Time =", current_time)

Example 4: get time pithon

"""Imports the datetime package from the Python library"""
from datetime import datetime

"""Sets the variable now to the current date and time"""
now = datetime.now()

"""The variable current_time contains the string values of the current time"""
current_time = now.strftime("%H:%M:%S")
print("Current Time =", current_time)

Example 5: simple time in python

t = time.localtime()            # Gets the local time
current_time = time.strftime("%H:%M", t)          # Gets the time in the desired format
current_time = "The time is " + current_time

Example 6: time python

#import time module:
import time
#module has various attributes: 
dir(time)
[..., 'localtime', 'mktime', 'sleep', 'sleep_ms', 'sleep_us', 'ticks_add', 'ticks_cpu', 'ticks_diff', 'ticks_ms', 'ticks_us', 'time']

#default expression is in seconds with zero being start of runtime
secFromStart = time.time()