Python Dates
A date in Python is not a data type of its own, but we can import a module named datetime to work with dates as date objects.
Importing the Module
import datetimeGet Current Date
To display the current date, we can use the datetime.now() method.
import datetime
x = datetime.datetime.now()
print(x)Creating Date Objects
To create a date, we can use the datetime() class (constructor) of the datetime module. The datetime() class requires three parameters to create a date: year, month, day.
import datetime
x = datetime.datetime(2020, 5, 17)
print(x)The strftime() Method
The datetime object has a method for formatting date objects into readable strings. The method is called strftime(), and takes one parameter, format, to specify the format of the returned string.
import datetime
x = datetime.datetime(2018, 6, 1)
print(x.strftime("%B")) # Output: JuneCommon Format Codes
%a: Weekday, short version (e.g., Wed)%A: Weekday, full version (e.g., Wednesday)%b: Month name, short version (e.g., Dec)%B: Month name, full version (e.g., December)%Y: Year, full version (e.g., 2018)