How to get the current time in Python

Question

What is the module/method used to get the current time?

Answer 1

You can use the time module:

import time
print time.strftime("%d/%m/%Y")

>>> 06/02/2015

The use of the capital Y gives the full year, and using y would give 06/02/15.

You could also use the following code to give a more lengthy time:

time.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S")
>>> 'Fri, 06 Feb 2015 17:45:09'