get current date and time in python code example

Example 1: python get date and time

import datetime
now = datetime.datetime.now()
print ("Current date and time : ")
print (now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"))

Example 2: python current date

from datetime import date

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

Example 3: python get the current date

# Example usage:
import datetime
date_time = datetime.datetime.now()
print(date_time)
--> 2020-10-03 15:29:54.822751

# From the date_time variable, you can extract the date in various
# custom formats with .strftime(), for example:
date_time.strftime("%d/%m/%Y")
--> '03/10/2020' # dd/mm/yyyy

date_time.strftime("%m/%d/%y")
--> '10/03/20' # mm/dd/yy

date_time.strftime("%Y/%m/%d")
--> '2020/10/03'

date_time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
--> '2020-10-03'

date_time.strftime("%B %d, %Y")
--> 'October 03, 2020'

# Key for other custom date/time formats:
Directive	Description								Example
%a			Weekday, short version					Wed	
%A			Weekday, full version					Wednesday	
%w			Weekday as a number 0-6, 0 is Sunday	3	
%d			Day of month 01-31						31	
%b			Month name, short version				Dec	
%B			Month name, full version				December	
%m			Month as a number 01-12					12	
%y			Year, short version, without century	18	
%Y			Year, full version						2018	
%H			Hour 00-23								17	
%I			Hour 00-12								05	
%p			AM/PM									PM	
%M			Minute 00-59							41	
%S			Second 00-59							08	
%f			Microsecond 000000-999999				548513	
%z			UTC offset								+0100	
%Z			Timezone								CST	
%j			Day number of year 001-366				365	
%U			Week number of year 00-53				52	
%c			Local version of date and time			Mon Dec 31 17:41:00 2018	
%x			Local version of date					12/31/18	
%X			Local version of time					17:41:00	
%%			A % character							%

Example 4: print current date and time in python

from datetime import datetime
now = datetime.now()
print("date and time now: ", now)

#you can also personalize how the formats, example:
dt = now.strftime("%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S")
print("date and time now: ", dt)

#the output will be
#date and time now:  22/12/2020 01:19:32

Example 5: how to get current date in python

current_date = datetime.date.today()