Strftime():-
This method takes one or more format codes and returns a formatted string based on it.
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import datetime x=datetime.datetime.now() print(x.year) print(x.strftime(“%a”)) print(x.strftime(“%w”)) print(x.strftime(“%d”)) print(x.strftime(“%b”)) Output 2024 |
A reference of all the legal format codes:
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Directive |
Description |
Example |
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%a |
Weekday, short version |
Wed |
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%A |
Weekday, full version |
Wednesday |
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%w |
Weekday as a number 0-6, 0 is Sunday |
3 |
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%d |
Day of month 01-31 |
31 |
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%b |
Month name, short version |
Dec |
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%B |
Month name, full version |
December |
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%m |
Month as a number 01-12 |
12 |
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%y |
Year, short version, without century |
18 |
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%Y |
Year, full version |
2018 |
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%H |
Hour 00-23 |
17 |
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%I |
Hour 00-12 |
05 |
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%p |
AM/PM |
PM |
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%M |
Minute 00-59 |
41 |
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%S |
Second 00-59 |
08 |
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%f |
Microsecond 000000-999999 |
548513 |
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%z |
UTC offset |
+0100 |
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%Z |
Timezone |
CST |
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%j |
Day number of year 001-366 |
365 |
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%U |
Week number of year, Sunday as the first day of week, 00-53 |
52 |
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%W |
Week number of year, Monday as the first day of week, 00-53 |
52 |
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%c |
Local version of date and time |
Mon Dec 31 17:41:00 2018 |
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%C |
Century |
20 |
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%x |
Local version of date |
12/31/18 |
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%X |
Local version of time |
17:41:00 |
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%% |
A % character |
% |
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%G |
ISO 8601 year |
2018 |
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%u |
ISO 8601 weekday (1-7) |
1 |
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%V |
ISO 8601 weeknumber (01-53) |
01 |