Introduction:
Python supports yyyy-mm-dd format of displaying the date. The datetime module in python handles the extraction and formatting of date and time variables. calendar date values are represented and assoicated with date class.
date class:
Following are the attributes under date class:
today():
This method is used to create a date representing today’s date or the current system date.
Example:
import datetime
t_date=datetime.date.today()
print("today's date is ",t_date)
#Output today's date is 2020-07-10 >>>
year():
This attribute returns and display year from the datetime object.
example:
import datetime
t_date=datetime.date.today()
print("year is ",t_date.year)
#Output year is 2020 >>>
month():
This attribute returns and display month from the datetime object.
example:
import datetime
t_date=datetime.date.today()
print("Month is ",t_date.month)
#Output Month is 7 >>>
day():
This attribute returns and display day from the datetime object.
example:
import datetime
t_date=datetime.date.today()
print("Day is ",t_date.day)
# Output Day is 10 >>>
time class:
Following are the attributes under this class:
now():
This method returns the current date and time using datetime library/module.
Example:
import datetime
t_date=datetime.datetime.now()
print("Today is ",t_date)
Output: Today is 2020-07-10 14:40:14.483724 >>>
hour():
This attribute returns and display hours from the datetime object.
example:
import datetime
t_date=datetime.datetime.now()
print("hours are ",t_date.hour)
#Output: hours are 14 >>>
minute():
This attribute returns and display minutes from the datetime object.
example:
import datetime
t_date=datetime.datetime.now()
print("Minutes are ",t_date.minute)
#Output: Minutes are 44 >>>
second():
This attribute returns and display seconds from the datetime object.
example:
import datetime
t_date=datetime.datetime.now()
print("Seconds are ",t_date.second)
#Output Seconds are 17 >>>
