Get Formated Date Time in Python

Also, if you need date and time in specific format, you can specify directive to format date and time. Create getDateTime3.py file with following content. This example have some sample formated date and time outputs.

import datetime

currentDT = datetime.datetime.now()

print (currentDT.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"))
print (currentDT.strftime("%Y/%m/%d"))
print (currentDT.strftime("%H:%M:%S"))
print (currentDT.strftime("%I:%M:%S %p"))
print (currentDT.strftime("%a, %b %d, %Y"))

OUTPUT:
2017-03-06 16:13:59
2017/03/06
16:13:59
04:13:59 PM
Mon, Mar 06, 2017