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The document describes the strftime() method in Python which allows formatting datetime objects into readable strings. It provides examples of using strftime() and a reference of all the legal format codes that can be used with it.

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Python Dates

The document describes the strftime() method in Python which allows formatting datetime objects into readable strings. It provides examples of using strftime() and a reference of all the legal format codes that can be used with it.

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The Tutorials

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The method is called strftime() , and takes one parameter, format , to specify the
format of the returned string:

Example
Display the name of the month:

import datetime

x = datetime.datetime(2018, 6, 1)

print(x.strftime("%B"))

Try it Yourself »

A reference of all the legal format codes:

Directive Description Example Try it

%a Weekday, short version Wed Try it »

%A Weekday, full version Wednesday Try it »

%w Weekday as a number 0-6, 3 Try it »


0 is Sunday

%d Day of month 01-31 31 Try it »

%b Month name, short version Dec Try it »

%B Month name, full version December Try it »

%m Month as a number 01-12 12 Try it »

%y Year, short version, 18 Try it »


without century

%Y Year, full version 2018 Try it »


%H Tutorials  Hour 00-23
Exercises  Services  17  Try it »
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 %I CSS
HTML Hour 00-12
JAVASCRIPT SQL PYTHON 05
JAVA PHP HOW TO Try it »
W3.CSS C

%p AM/PM PM Try it »

%M Minute 00-59 41 Try it »

%S Second 00-59 08 Try it »

%f Microsecond 000000- 548513 Try it »


999999

%z UTC offset +0100

%Z Timezone CST

%j Day number of year 001- 365 Try it »


366

%U Week number of year, 52 Try it »


Sunday as the first day of
week, 00-53

%W Week number of year, 52 Try it »


Monday as the first day of
week, 00-53

%c Local version of date and Mon Dec 31 17:41:00 Try it »


time 2018

%C Century 20 Try it »

%x Local version of date 12/31/18 Try it »

%X Local version of time 17:41:00 Try it »

%% A % character % Try it »

%G ISO 8601 year 2018 Try it »

%u ISO 8601 weekday (1-7) 1 Try it »

%V ISO 8601 weeknumber 01 Try it »


(01-53)

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