Get current date and time in Python

To get the current date and time in Python, you can use the datetime module from the Python standard library. Specifically, you can use the datetime.datetime.now() function to get the current date and time as a datetime object.

Here's an example:

import datetime

# Get the current date and time
current_datetime = datetime.datetime.now()

# Print the current date and time
print("The current date and time is:", current_datetime)

In this example, we import the datetime module and use the datetime.datetime.now() function to get the current date and time. The result is a datetime object representing the current date and time, which we print.

If you only need the current date (without the time), you can use the datetime.date.today() function:

import datetime

# Get the current date
current_date = datetime.date.today()

# Print the current date
print("The current date is:", current_date)

In this example, we use the datetime.date.today() function to get the current date as a date object, which we print.

Retrieve current date and time in Python:

from datetime import datetime

current_datetime = datetime.now()
print(f"Current date and time: {current_datetime}")

Python time module for current date and time:

import time

current_time = time.time()
print(f"Current date and time in seconds since the epoch: {current_time}")

Current date and time in ISO format using Python:

from datetime import datetime

current_iso_datetime = datetime.now().isoformat()
print(f"Current date and time in ISO format: {current_iso_datetime}")

Python strftime() for formatting current date and time:

from datetime import datetime

current_formatted_datetime = datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
print(f"Formatted current date and time: {current_formatted_datetime}")

Get UTC time in Python using datetime module:

from datetime import datetime, timezone

current_utc_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
print(f"Current UTC time: {current_utc_time}")

Python calendar module for current date and time:

import calendar

current_calendar = calendar.timegm(time.gmtime())
print(f"Current date and time using calendar module: {current_calendar}")

Using time.localtime() for current date and time in Python:

import time

current_local_time = time.localtime()
print(f"Current date and time using time.localtime(): {current_local_time}")

Current date and time with milliseconds in Python:

from datetime import datetime

current_datetime_with_ms = datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f")
print(f"Current date and time with milliseconds: {current_datetime_with_ms}")

Python arrow library for getting current date and time:

import arrow

current_arrow_time = arrow.now()
print(f"Current date and time using arrow library: {current_arrow_time}")

Current date and time in a different timezone with pytz in Python:

from datetime import datetime
import pytz

tz = pytz.timezone("America/New_York")
current_time_in_ny = datetime.now(tz)
print(f"Current date and time in New York timezone: {current_time_in_ny}")

Python pendulum library for handling date and time:

import pendulum

current_pendulum_time = pendulum.now()
print(f"Current date and time using pendulum library: {current_pendulum_time}")

Get current date in YYYY-MM-DD format in Python:

from datetime import date

current_date = date.today()
print(f"Current date in YYYY-MM-DD format: {current_date}")

Get current date and time as a timestamp in Python:

from datetime import datetime

timestamp = datetime.timestamp(datetime.now())
print(f"Current date and time as a timestamp: {timestamp}")