To print the current date, we can utilize the datetime module. Dates are objects, like anything in Python. Datetime has several subclasses, which can be confusing at first.

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Date Example

We can use its method strftime() to change the format.
To show the current date (today):

import datetime
today = datetime.date.today()
print(today)

This will show the date in the format

import datetime
today = datetime.date.today().strftime("%d-%m-%Y")
print(today)

Get current time in Python

You can get the current time like this:

import datetime
currentTime = datetime.datetime.now().time()
print(currentTime)

To get the date and time, use:

import datetime
currentTime = datetime.datetime.now()
print(currentTime)

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Format codes

When using the method strftime() we can specify the type of date format we want to show.

So which format codes do we have?

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