Problem with datetime module-Python

Question

How come this works:

import datetime
now = datetime.datetime.now()
month = '%d' % now.month

print month

But this doesn't?

import datetime
now = datetime.datetime.now()
month = '%m' % now.month

print month

Thanks!

Nadia Alramli · Accepted Answer · 2009-05-24 23:29:03Z

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%m is not a supported format character for the % operator. Here is the list of supported formating characters for this operator

%m is valid when your are using strftime function to build a date string

answered May 24, 2009 at 23:22

Nadia Alramli

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@Seamus Longinal: Those directives are specifically to the 'format' argument of time.strftime(format[, t]) docs.python.org/library/time.html#time.strftime

sth · Accepted Answer · 2009-05-24 23:28:18Z

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'%d' is a format character that insert a "signed integer decimal", '%m' has no such meaning. The possible format characters are listed here.

answered May 24, 2009 at 23:28

sth

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