Date & Time

import datetime

x = datetime.datetime.now()
print(x)
2019-09-26 00:21:06.668559

Date Output

import datetime

x = datetime.datetime.now()

print(x.year)
print(x.strftime("%A"))
2019
Thursday

Creating Date Objects

import datetime

x = datetime.datetime(2020, 5, 17)
print(x)
2020-05-17 00:00:00

The strftime() Method

import datetime

x = datetime.datetime(2018, 6, 1)
print(x.strftime("%B"))
June

Directive

Description

Example

%a

Weekday, short version

Wed

%A

Weekday, full version

Wednesday

%w

Weekday as a number 0-6, 0 is Sunday

3

%d

Day of month 01-31

31

%b

Month name, short version

Dec

%B

Month name, full version

December

%m

Month as a number 01-12

12

%y

Year, short version, without century

18

%Y

Year, full version

2018

%H

Hour 00-23

17

%I

Hour 00-12

05

%p

AM/PM

PM

%M

Minute 00-59

41

%S

Second 00-59

08

%f

Microsecond 000000-999999

548513

%z

UTC offset

+0100

%Z

Timezone

CST

%j

Day number of year 001-366

365

%U

Week number of year, Sunday as the first day of week, 00-53

52

%W

Week number of year, Monday as the first day of week, 00-53

52

%c

Local version of date and time

Mon Dec 31 17:41:00 2018

%x

Local version of date

12/31/18

%X

Local version of time

17:41:00

%%

A % character

%

timedelta

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import datetime
import pytz

my_birthday = datetime.datetime(1985, 10, 20, 17, 55)
brothers_birthday = datetime.datetime(1992, 6, 25, 18, 30)

indy = pytz.timezone("America/Indianapolis")
my_birthday = indy.localize(my_birthday)
brothers_birthday = indy.localize(brothers_birthday)

diff = brothers_birthday - my_birthday
print(diff)
2440 days, 0:35:00

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import datetime

today = datetime.datetime.now()
ninety_days = datetime.timedelta(days=90)

target_date = today + ninety_days

target_date.strftime("%A")
'Wednesday'

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