Get current date using Python
In Python, date and time are not a data type of its own, but a module named datetime
can be imported to work with the date as well as time. Datetime module comes built into Python, so there is no need to install it externally.
datetime
module provide some functions to get the current date as well as time. Let’s look at them.
- date.today():
today()
method ofdate
class underdatetime
module returns a date object which contains the value of Today’s date.
Syntax: date.today()
Returns: Return the current local date.
Example:
# Python program to get
# current date
# Import date class from datetime module
from
datetime
import
date
# Returns the current local date
today
=
date.today()
print
(
"Today date is: "
, today)
Output:
Today date is: 2019-12-11
- datetime.now(): Python library defines a function that can be primarily used to get current time and date.
now()
function Return the current local date and time, which is defined underdatetime
module.
Syntax: datetime.now(tz)
Parameters :
tz : Specified time zone of which current time and date is required. (Uses Greenwich Meridian time by default.)Returns : Returns the current date and time in time format.
Example:
# Python program to get
# current date
# Import datetime class from datetime module
from
datetime
import
datetime
# returns current date and time
now
=
datetime.now()
print
(
"now = "
, now)
Output:
now = 2019-12-11 10:58:37.039404
Attributes of now() :
now() has different attributes, same as attributes of time such as year, month, date, hour, minute, second.Example 3: Demonstrate attributes of now().
# Python3 code to demonstrate
# attributes of now()
# importing datetime module for now()
import
datetime
# using now() to get current time
current_time
=
datetime.datetime.now()
# Printing attributes of now().
print
(
"The attributes of now() are : "
)
print
(
"Year : "
, end
=
"")
print
(current_time.year)
print
(
"Month : "
, end
=
"")
print
(current_time.month)
print
(
"Day : "
, end
=
"")
print
(current_time.day)
Output:
The attributes of now() are : Year : 2019 Month : 12 Day : 11
Last Updated on November 9, 2021 by admin