How to print current date and time using Python?

You can get the current date and time using multiple ways. The easiest way is to use the datetime module. It has a function, now, that gives the current date and time. 

example

import datetime
now = datetime.datetime.now()
print("Current date and time: ")
print(str(now))

Output

This will give the output −

2017-12-29 11:24:48.042720

You can also get the formatted date and time using strftime function. It accepts a format string that you can use to get your desired output. Following are the directives supported by it.

Example

You can use these directives in the strftime function as follows −

import datetime
now = datetime.datetime.now()

print("Current date and time: ")
print(now.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'))
print(now.strftime('%H:%M:%S on %A, %B the %dth, %Y'))

Output

This will give the output −

2017-12-29 12:19:13
12:19:13 on Friday, December the 29th, 2017