ctime() Function Of Datetime.date Class In Python
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28 Jul, 2021
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The ctime() function is used to return a string containing the date and time.
Syntax: ctime()
Parameters: This function does not accept any parameter.
Return values: This function returns a string containing the date and time.
The format of the string representation:
- The string is of 24-character length.
- Week is printed as a three-letter word.
Sun, Mo, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat
- Months are represented as three-digit letters
Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
- The day of the month is represented as a two-digit number
- Time is represented in HH:MM:SS format
- The year is a 4 digit number
Example 1: Getting a string containing the date and time
# Python3 code to demonstrate
# Getting a string containing
# the date and time
# Importing datetime and time module
import datetime
import time
# Calling the time() function
# to return current time
Todays_time = time.time()
# Printing today's time
print(Todays_time)
# Calling the fromtimestamp() function
# to get date from the current time
date_From_CurrentTime = datetime.date.fromtimestamp(Todays_time);
# Printing the current date
print("Date for Timestamp used is: %s"%date_From_CurrentTime);
# Calling the ctime() function over the above date
print("Today's date: %s"%date_From_CurrentTime.ctime());
# Python3 code to demonstrate# Getting a string containing# the date and time# Importing datetime and time module import datetimeimport time# Calling the time() function# to return current timeTodays_time = time.time()# Printing today's timeprint(Todays_time)# Calling the fromtimestamp() function# to get date from the current timedate_From_CurrentTime = datetime.date.fromtimestamp(Todays_time);# Printing the current dateprint("Date for Timestamp used is: %s"%date_From_CurrentTime);# Calling the ctime() function over the above dateprint("Today's date: %s"%date_From_CurrentTime.ctime());Output:
1627282355.0111642 Date for Timestamp used is: 2021-07-26 Today's date: Mon Jul 26 00:00:00 2021
Example 2: Getting a string containing the date and time
# Python3 code to demonstrate
# Getting a string containing
# the date and time
# Importing datetime module
import datetime
# Initializing a date object for a
# different date
Date = datetime.date(2013, 2, 10);
# Calling the ctime() function
# over the above date
print("The date: %s"%Date.ctime());
# Python3 code to demonstrate# Getting a string containing# the date and time# Importing datetime module import datetime# Initializing a date object for a # different dateDate = datetime.date(2013, 2, 10);# Calling the ctime() function # over the above dateprint("The date: %s"%Date.ctime());Output:
The date: Sun Feb 10 00:00:00 2013
