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Python Datetime
Python datetime module can be used to work with dates and times.
In this tutorial, we will learn how to use datetime module for different operations involving date, day of the week,
seconds, minutes, current time, etc.
Import Datetime Module
To import datetime module, use the following import statement.
import datetime
Get Current Time
To get current time, use now() function as shown below.
import datetime
#get current time
x = datetime.datetime.now()
print(x)
Output
2019-09-12 12:18:06.255164
The output contains the current time in the format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.MICROS
Get Current Time
To get current time, use now() function as shown below.
import datetime
#get current time
x = datetime.datetime.now()
print(x)
Output
2019-09-12 12:18:06.255164
The output contains the current time in the format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.MICROS which has year, month,
day, hour, minute, second and micro-second respectively.
Create Date Object
In datetime module, date is an object. You can create a datetime object by passing year, month, day, hour,
minute, second and micro-second as arguments.
The syntax to create a datetime object is:
datetime.datetime(year, month, day[, hour[, minute[, second[, microsecond[, tzinfo]]]]])
The parameters year , month and day are mandatory while hour , minute , second ,
microsecond and timezone information tzinfo are optional. The optional parameters are by default 0 .
In the following example, you can observe how the default values for the optional parameters take effect.
import datetime
#create datetime object with year, month, day
x = datetime.datetime(2018, 5, 24)
print(x)
#create datetime object with year, month, day, hour
x = datetime.datetime(2018, 5, 24, 5)
print(x)
#create datetime object with year, month, day, hour, minute
x = datetime.datetime(2018, 5, 24, 5, 45)
print(x)
#create datetime object with year, month, day, hour, minute, second
x = datetime.datetime(2018, 5, 24, 5, 45, 34)
print(x)
#create datetime object with year, month, day, hour, minute, second, microsecond
x = datetime.datetime(2018, 5, 24, 5, 45, 34, 542136)
print(x)
Output
2018-05-24 00:00:00
2018-05-24 05:00:00
2018-05-24 05:45:00
2018-05-24 05:45:34
2018-05-24 05:45:34.542136
Conclusion
In this Python Tutorial, we learned about Python datetime library.
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