Example 1: datetime to string python
from datetime import datetime
now = datetime.now() # current date and time
year = now.strftime("%Y")
print("year:", year)
month = now.strftime("%m")
print("month:", month)
day = now.strftime("%d")
print("day:", day)
time = now.strftime("%H:%M:%S")
print("time:", time)
date_time = now.strftime("%m/%d/%Y, %H:%M:%S")
print("date and time:",date_time)
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Directive Meaning Example
%a Abbreviated weekday name. Sun, Mon, ...
%A Full weekday name. Sunday, Monday, ...
%w Weekday as a decimal number. 0, 1, ..., 6
%d Day of the month as a zero-padded decimal. 01, 02, ..., 31
%-d Day of the month as a decimal number. 1, 2, ..., 30
%b Abbreviated month name. Jan, Feb, ..., Dec
%B Full month name. January, February, ...
%m Month as a zero-padded decimal number. 01, 02, ..., 12
%-m Month as a decimal number. 1, 2, ..., 12
%y Year without century as a zero-padded decimal number. 00, 01, ..., 99
%-y Year without century as a decimal number. 0, 1, ..., 99
%Y Year with century as a decimal number. 2013, 2019 etc.
%H Hour (24-hour clock) as a zero-padded decimal number. 00, 01, ..., 23
%-H Hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number. 0, 1, ..., 23
%I Hour (12-hour clock) as a zero-padded decimal number. 01, 02, ..., 12
%-I Hour (12-hour clock) as a decimal number. 1, 2, ... 12
%p Locale’s AM or PM. AM, PM
%M Minute as a zero-padded decimal number. 00, 01, ..., 59
%-M Minute as a decimal number. 0, 1, ..., 59
%S Second as a zero-padded decimal number. 00, 01, ..., 59
%-S Second as a decimal number. 0, 1, ..., 59
%f Microsecond as a decimal number, zero-padded on the left. 000000 - 999999
%z UTC offset in the form +HHMM or -HHMM.
%Z Time zone name.
%j Day of the year as a zero-padded decimal number. 001, 002, ..., 366
%-j Day of the year as a decimal number. 1, 2, ..., 366
%U Week number of the year (Sunday as the first day of the week). All days in a new year preceding the first Sunday are considered to be in week 0. 00, 01, ..., 53
%W Week number of the year (Monday as the first day of the week). All days in a new year preceding the first Monday are considered to be in week 0. 00, 01, ..., 53
%c Locale’s appropriate date and time representation. Mon Sep 30 07:06:05 2013
%x Locale’s appropriate date representation. 09/30/13
%X Locale’s appropriate time representation. 07:06:05
%% A literal '%' character. %
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Example 2: python timedelta
from datetime import timedelta
tomorrow = datetime.today() + timedelta(days = 1)
Example 3: 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)
Example 4: python strftime iso 8601
>>> # convert string in iso 8601 date dime format to python datetime type
>>> import datetime
>>> datetime.datetime.strptime('2020-06-19T15:52:50Z', "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
datetime.datetime(2020, 6, 19, 15, 52, 50)