How to print current date on python3?

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From what I gather, here (for example), this should print the current year in two digits

print (datetime.strftime("%y"))

However, I get this error

TypeError: descriptor 'strftime' requires a 'datetime.date' object but received a 'str'

So I tried to this

print (datetime.strftime(datetime.date()))

to get

TypeError: descriptor 'date' of 'datetime.datetime' object needs an argument

so I placed "%y" inside of thr date() above to get

TypeError: descriptor 'date' requires a 'datetime.datetime' object but received a 'str'

Which start to seem really loopy and fishy to me.

What am I missing?

ndmeiri · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-14 23:32:18Z

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import datetime
now = datetime.datetime.now()

print(now.year)

The above code works perfectly fine for me.

edited Apr 14, 2018 at 23:32

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answered Jun 11, 2013 at 20:31

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Paul Rubel · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-11 20:33:10Z

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The following seems to work:

import datetime
print (datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%y"))

The datetime.data object that it wants is on the "left" of the dot rather than the right. You need an instance of the datetime to call the method on, which you get through now()

answered Jun 11, 2013 at 20:33

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Antu · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-29 09:54:20Z

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I use this which is standard for every time

import datetime
now = datetime.datetime.now()
print ("Current date and time : ")
print (now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"))

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answered Oct 10, 2019 at 6:58

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Richie Bendall · Accepted Answer · 2022-05-28 03:12:53Z

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The built-in datetime module contains many functions for getting the specific time and date:

from datetime import datetime
from math import floor

now = datetime.now()

year = now.year
month = now.month
day = now.day

hour = now.hour
minute = now.minute
second = now.second
millisecond = floor(datetime.now().microsecond / 1000)
microsecond = now.microsecond

date = now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")

time24Hour = now.strftime("%H:%M:%S")
time12Hour = now.strftime("%I:%M:%S %p")

edited May 28, 2022 at 3:12

answered Nov 25, 2017 at 2:45

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M61Vulcan Over a year ago

A really handy function. May I suggest you include the 'Argument / Meaning / Example output' information in the code as comments so the function and notes can all be copied as a block?

Vega · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-04 17:02:57Z

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I always use this code, which print the year to second in a tuple

import datetime

now = datetime.datetime.now()

time_now = (now.year, now.month, now.day, now.hour, now.minute, now.second)

print(time_now)

edited May 4, 2018 at 17:02

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answered May 4, 2018 at 16:49

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