python datetime.today code example

Example 1: python current date

from datetime import date

today = date.today()
print("Today's date:", today)

Example 2: find todays date in python

from datetime import datetime

# Current date time in local system
print(datetime.now())
print(datetime.date(datetime.now())) ##For Date

Example 3: today date python

today = datetime.today().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")

Example 4: python date and time

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


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

Example 5: python datetime to string iso format

from datetime import datetime
some_date = datetime.now()
iso_date_string = some_date.isoformat()

# For older version of python 
iso_date_string = some_date.strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f%z')

Example 6: datetime today

from datetime import datetime

# datetime object containing current date and time
now = datetime.now()
 
print("now =", now)

# dd/mm/YY H:M:S
dt_string = now.strftime("%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S")
print("date and time =", dt_string)