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.<\/p>\n
Find the present date and day, month, etc.<\/p>\n
\r\nimport datetime\r\n\r\ncurrent_date = datetime.datetime.now()\r\nprint(current_date.strftime("%A")) #Weekday\r\nprint(current_date.strftime("%w")) #Weekday as a number 0-6, 0 is Sunday\r\nprint(current_date.strftime("%d")) #Day of month \r\nprint(current_date.strftime("%B")) #Month name\r\nprint(current_date.strftime("%m")) #Month as a number 01-12\r\nprint(current_date.strftime("%Y")) #Year\r\nprint(current_date.strftime("%H")) #Hour from 00 - 23\r\nprint(current_date.strftime("%p")) #AM\/PM\r\nprint(current_date.strftime("%M")) #Minute\r\nprint(current_date.strftime("%S")) #Second\r\nprint(current_date.strftime("%C")) #Century\r\nprint(current_date.strftime("%j")) #Day number of year \r\n<\/pre>\nAs 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.<\/p>\n
Below are the outcomes of the above program.<\/p>\n
\r\nWednesday\r\n3\r\n05\r\nOctober\r\n10\r\n2022\r\n20\r\nPM\r\n20\r\n26\r\n20\r\n278\r\n<\/pre>\nAnother method to use the datetime object is to create your datetime object as follows:<\/p>\n
\r\ncurrent_time = datetime.datetime(2022, 10, 5)\r\n<\/pre>\nThere 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.<\/p>\n
In the coming article, I will start to create a python program thus letting us learn together how to write Python code.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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…<\/p>\n