How to get min, seconds and milliseconds from datetime.now() in Python?

In this article, we will look at different ways to get minutes, seconds, and milliseconds from datetime now in python.

The datetime.now() method is used to get the current minutes, seconds, and milliseconds. This is defined under the datetime module.

Syntax

The syntax of now() method is as follows −

datetime.now()

Returns the current date and time in time format.

Using the datetime.now() and epoctime()

Here we use the strftime() method which is provided by the datetime module. We have used the datetime.now() method to get the current date. Then we format this date by using the strftime() method. In this case, we formate string in form of “minutes : second. milliseconds”.

Example

The following is an example code to get the current minutes, seconds and, milliseconds using the datetime.now() and strftime() methods.

from datetime import datetime
curr_time = datetime.now()
formatted_time = curr_time.strftime('%M:%S.%f')
print("Formatted time in Minutes:Seconds:Milliseconds is",formatted_time)

Output

The output of the above example code is as follows;

Formatted time in Minutes:Seconds:Milliseconds is 11:40.325948

Using the datetime.now() method to retrieve data

Here we use the datetime.now() method to get the current minutes, seconds, and milliseconds. The now() function is defined under the datetime module. And retrieve the current minutes, seconds, and milliseconds by using .minute, .second, and .microsecond respectively.

Example

In the following example code, we get the current minutes, seconds and milliseconds using the datetime.now() method.

from datetime import datetime
now = datetime.now()
print("Today's date is:", now)
print("Minutes",now.minute)
print("Seconds",now.second)
print("Milliseconds",now.microsecond)

Output

The output of the above example code is as follows;

Today's date is: 2022-09-05 10:12:31.476711
Minutes 12
Seconds 31
Milliseconds 476711