Datetime current year and month in Python

Question

I must have the current year and month in datetime.

I use this:

datem = datetime.today().strftime(\"%Y-%m\")
datem = datetime.strptime(datem, \"%Y-%m         


        

Answer 1

You can write the accepted answer as a one-liner using date.replace:

datem = datetime.today().replace(day=1)