how to get current time and date in python code example

Example 1: 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 2: 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 3: python get current time

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import datetime
 
currentDateTime = datetime.datetime.now()
print(currentDateTime)
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from datetime import datetime
 
currentDateTime = datetime.now()
print(currentDateTime)
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import datetime

print(datetime.datetime.now())
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from datetime import datetime
 
print(datetime.now())
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Example 4: use datetime python to get runtime

from datetime import datetime

start = datetime.now()
# code ...
print(datetime.now()-start)