How to create a file name with the current date & time in Python?

Question

Here is a functional code (create file with success)

sys.stdout = open(\'filename1.xml\', \'w\')

Now I\'m trying to name the file with the cu

Answer 1

While not using datetime, this solves your problem (answers your question) of getting a string with the current time and date format you specify:

import time
timestr = time.strftime("%Y%m%d-%H%M%S")
print timestr

yields:

20120515-155045

so your filename could append or use this string.