Time in Python
A short summary on Python’s timestamps:
import datetime now = datetime.datetime.now() print(now.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M')) print(now.isoformat()) |
From the module’s documentation:
| Directive | Meaning |
|---|---|
%a |
Locale’s abbreviated weekday name. |
%A |
Locale’s full weekday name. |
%b |
Locale’s abbreviated month name. |
%B |
Locale’s full month name. |
%c |
Locale’s appropriate date and time representation. |
%d |
Day of the month as a decimal number [01,31]. |
%H |
Hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number [00,23]. |
%I |
Hour (12-hour clock) as a decimal number [01,12]. |
%j |
Day of the year as a decimal number [001,366]. |
%m |
Month as a decimal number [01,12]. |
%M |
Minute as a decimal number [00,59]. |
%p |
Locale’s equivalent of either AM or PM. |
%S |
Second as a decimal number [00,61]. |
%U |
Week number of the year (Sunday as the first day of the week) as a decimal number [00,53]. All days in a new year preceding the first Sunday are considered to be in week 0. |
%w |
Weekday as a decimal number [0(Sunday),6]. |
%W |
Week number of the year (Monday as the first day of the week) as a decimal number [00,53]. All days in a new year preceding the first Monday are considered to be in week 0. |
%x |
Locale’s appropriate date representation. |
%X |
Locale’s appropriate time representation. |
%y |
Year without century as a decimal number [00,99]. |
%Y |
Year with century as a decimal number. |
%z |
Time zone offset indicating a positive or negative time difference from UTC/GMT of the form +HHMM or -HHMM, where H represents decimal hour digits and M represents decimal minute digits [-23:59, +23:59]. |
%Z |
Time zone name (no characters if no time zone exists). |
%% |
A literal '%' character. |
