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

Here's some that I needed to include the date-time stamp in the folder name for dumping files from a web scraper.

# import time and OS modules to use to build file folder name
import time
import os 

# Build string for directory to hold files
# Output Configuration
#   drive_letter = Output device location (hard drive) 
#   folder_name = directory (folder) to receive and store PDF files

drive_letter = r'D:\\' 
folder_name = r'downloaded-files'
folder_time = datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d_%I-%M-%S_%p")
folder_to_save_files = drive_letter + folder_name + folder_time 

# IF no such folder exists, create one automatically
if not os.path.exists(folder_to_save_files):
    os.mkdir(folder_to_save_files)