how to get current date and time in python

1from datetime import datetime
2now = datetime.now()
3print (now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"))
4
5
6Output: 2020-06-19 10:34:45

1from datetime import date
2
3today = date.today()
4print("Today's date:", today)

1from datetime import datetime
2now = datetime.now()
3print("date and time now: ", now)
4
5#you can also personalize how the formats, example:
6dt = now.strftime("%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S")
7print("date and time now: ", dt)
8
9#the output will be
10#date and time now:  22/12/2020 01:19:32

1# Example usage:
2import datetime
3date_time = datetime.datetime.now()
4print(date_time)
5--> 2020-10-03 15:29:54.822751
6
7# From the date_time variable, you can extract the date in various
8# custom formats with .strftime(), for example:
9date_time.strftime("%d/%m/%Y")
10--> '03/10/2020' # dd/mm/yyyy
11
12date_time.strftime("%m/%d/%y")
13--> '10/03/20' # mm/dd/yy
14
15date_time.strftime("%Y/%m/%d")
16--> '2020/10/03'
17
18date_time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
19--> '2020-10-03'
20
21date_time.strftime("%B %d, %Y")
22--> 'October 03, 2020'
23
24# Key for other custom date/time formats:
25Directive	Description								Example
26%a			Weekday, short version					Wed	
27%A			Weekday, full version					Wednesday	
28%w			Weekday as a number 0-6, 0 is Sunday	3	
29%d			Day of month 01-31						31	
30%b			Month name, short version				Dec	
31%B			Month name, full version				December	
32%m			Month as a number 01-12					12	
33%y			Year, short version, without century	18	
34%Y			Year, full version						2018	
35%H			Hour 00-23								17	
36%I			Hour 00-12								05	
37%p			AM/PM									PM	
38%M			Minute 00-59							41	
39%S			Second 00-59							08	
40%f			Microsecond 000000-999999				548513	
41%z			UTC offset								+0100	
42%Z			Timezone								CST	
43%j			Day number of year 001-366				365	
44%U			Week number of year 00-53				52	
45%c			Local version of date and time			Mon Dec 31 17:41:00 2018	
46%x			Local version of date					12/31/18	
47%X			Local version of time					17:41:00	
48%%			A % character							%

1from datetime import datetime
2
3# datetime object containing current date and time
4now = datetime.now()
5 
6print("now =", now)
7
8# dd/mm/YY H:M:S
9dt_string = now.strftime("%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S")
10print("date and time =", dt_string)	
11
12# now = 2021-06-25 07:58:56.550604
13# date and time = 25/06/2021 07:58:56

1date_and_time = datetime.now()
2print("The today current date and time is:- ",date_and_time)