Python datetime module allows you to create an datetime object or get the date of a particular day. Let me create a few examples to demonstrate to you how to use the methods of this DateTime module.
Find the present date and day, month, etc.
import datetime
current_date = datetime.datetime.now()
print(current_date.strftime("%A")) #Weekday
print(current_date.strftime("%w")) #Weekday as a number 0-6, 0 is Sunday
print(current_date.strftime("%d")) #Day of month
print(current_date.strftime("%B")) #Month name
print(current_date.strftime("%m")) #Month as a number 01-12
print(current_date.strftime("%Y")) #Year
print(current_date.strftime("%H")) #Hour from 00 - 23
print(current_date.strftime("%p")) #AM/PM
print(current_date.strftime("%M")) #Minute
print(current_date.strftime("%S")) #Second
print(current_date.strftime("%C")) #Century
print(current_date.strftime("%j")) #Day number of year
As you can see that the strftime method above will accept a string parameter which is uses to retrieve the value of a particular element within that particular date, such as a weekday.
Below are the outcomes of the above program.
Wednesday 3 05 October 10 2022 20 PM 20 26 20 278
Another method to use the datetime object is to create your datetime object as follows:
current_time = datetime.datetime(2022, 10, 5)
There are still lots of fantastic Python modules that I will leave to you to explore and thus I will conclude the Module area of the Python programming language.
In the coming article, I will start to create a python program thus letting us learn together how to write Python code.
