- \u2018date\u2019<\/strong> \u2013 used to get just date ( Month, day, year)<\/li>
- \u2018time\u2019<\/strong> \u2013 Time independent of the day (Hour, minute, second, microsecond)<\/li>
- \u2018datetime\u2019<\/strong> \u2013 Both time and date (Month, day, year, hour, second, microsecond)<\/li>
- \u2018timedelta\u2019<\/strong>\u2014 A duration of time used for manipulating dates<\/li>
- \u2018tzinfo\u2019<\/strong>\u2014 An abstract class for dealing with time zones<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
DateTime<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Let\u2019s take a look at how to get data and time. For using data and time we need to import the following.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From datetime import date\nprint(date.today())<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We can access the year, month and the day separately. Let\u2019s have a look at the example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
from datetime import date\ntoday = date.today()\nprint(\"day\",today.day)\nprint(\"Month\",today.month)\nprint(\"Year\",today.year)<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nThe following will be the output.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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For the current date and time will use \u201cdatetime.now()\u201d function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
from datetime import datetime\nprint(datetime.now())<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TimeDelta<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Python timedelta()<\/strong> function is present under DateTime library<\/em> which is generally used for calculating differences in dates and also can be used for date manipulations in Python.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let\u2019s take a look at an example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
from datetime import timedelta\nprint (timedelta(days=200, hours=4, minutes=5))<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nThe output of the above code is shown below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Let\u2019s take a look at some practical example. Let\u2019s print today date one year from now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Strftime(Format)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The strftime() method is used to get a string representing date and time using date, <\/a>time or <\/a>DateTime object.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- %C- indicates the local date and time<\/li>
- %x- indicates the local date<\/li>
- %X- indicates the local time<\/li>
- %Y- indicates the year<\/li>
- %m- indicates the month<\/li>
- %d- indicates the day<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
from datetime import datetime\n\nnow = datetime.now() # current date and time\n\nyear = now.strftime(\"%Y\")\nprint(\"year:\", year)\n\nmonth = now.strftime(\"%m\")\nprint(\"month:\", month)\n\nday = now.strftime(\"%d\")\nprint(\"day:\", day)\n\ntime = now.strftime(\"%H:%M:%S\")\nprint(\"time:\", time)\n\ndate_time = now.strftime(\"%m\/%d\/%Y, %H:%M:%S\")\nprint(\"date and time:\",date_time)<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The “strftime function” can also be used to print time in any format 24 hours or 12 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let\u2019s take a look at an example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
12 hours<\/strong> time is declared [print now.strftime(“%I:%M\u201d) ]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
24 hours <\/strong>time is declared [print now.strftime(“%H:%M”)]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
from datetime import datetime\nnow = datetime.now()\nprint(\"12 hours\",now.strftime(\"%I:%M\"))\nprint(\"24 hours\",now.strftime(\"%H:%M\"))<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- \u2018time\u2019<\/strong> \u2013 Time independent of the day (Hour, minute, second, microsecond)<\/li>