How can I get a date in the foll. format in python:
2016-04-26T19:50:48Z
I am doing this:
import datetime
now = datetime.now()
now.strftime("%Y %m %d %H:%M")
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2 Answers
Well, first, you're not getting now() properly. That's in datetime.datetime, not in the top level datetime. Second, it doesn't seem like you've attempted to get the format string you wanted - it doesn't even have the dashes you specify.
>>> import datetime
>>> now = datetime.now()
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'now'
>>> now = datetime.datetime.now()
>>> now.strftime("%Y %m %d %H:%M")
'2016 04 28 17:20'
>>> now.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
'2016-04-28T17:20:09Z'
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Well, it looks like you are trying to get the string representation of your date object in ISO 8601 format. I don't know if you really need Z at the end, here is an alternative way to .strftime():
>>> import datetime
>>> now = datetime.datetime.now()
>>> now.replace(microsecond=0).isoformat()
'2016-04-28T17:29:53'
I am sure you can figure sth out to append Z to the string.