Datetime formatting in python

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Should be simple enough. I have a datetime object in python, I need it to be of the form

20131002

Is there a way to format this without having to resort to breaking the date into it's components and putting them together in a string manually?

thanks. That was easy. Would you reccomend deleting this question? The question DID get answered, but now it almost seems trivial. — Zack
– Zack, Commented Oct 2, 2013 at 18:53

john_science · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-02 18:53:45Z

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This is super easy in the Python datetime library:

from datetime import datetime

test = datetime.now()     # This is just some test datetime object
test.strftime('%Y%m%d')  # This is the format statement

However, a quick Google search shows me that you would find similar answers by searching for "python datetime format".

answered Oct 2, 2013 at 18:53

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Ashwini Chaudhary · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-02 18:54:04Z

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Use datetime.strftime:

>>> from datetime import datetime
>>> dt = datetime.now()
>>> dt.strftime('%Y%m%d')
'20131003'

answered Oct 2, 2013 at 18:54

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