Python Date and Time Example

time_date.py

import time
import datetime
print "Time in seconds since the epoch: %s" %time.time()
#Time in seconds since the epoch: 1349271346.46

print "Current date and time: " , datetime.datetime.now()
#Current date and time: 2012-10-03 15:35:46.461491

print "Or like this: " ,datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%y-%m-%d-%H-%M")
#Or like this: 12-10-03-15-35

print "Current year: ", datetime.date.today().strftime("%Y")
#Current year: 2012

print "Month of year: ", datetime.date.today().strftime("%B")
#Month of year: October

print "Week number of the year: ", datetime.date.today().strftime("%W")
#Week number of the year: 40

print "Weekday of the week: ", datetime.date.today().strftime("%w")
#Weekday of the week: 3

print "Day of year: ", datetime.date.today().strftime("%j")
#Day of year: 277

print "Day of the month : ", datetime.date.today().strftime("%d")
#Day of the month : 03

print "Day of week: ", datetime.date.today().strftime("%A")
#Day of week: Wednesday

current_time = datetime.datetime.now()
print("Current time: ", current_time.strftime("%H:%M"))

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