How do you add datetime to a logfile name?

Question

When I create my logfile, I want the name to contain the datetime.

In Python you can get the current datetime as:

>>> from datetime import da         


        

Answer 1

Another Solution using format():

#generates a date for a generic filename
import datetime
date_raw = datetime.datetime.now()
date_processed = "{}-{}-{}_{}-{}-{}".format(date_raw.year, date_raw.month, 
                  date_raw.day, date_raw.hour, date_raw.minute, date_raw.second)
#example value: date_processed = 2020-1-7_17-17-48

I used this in my own project
edit: as I found out about f(ormatted)-strings, this would be another solution:

date_processed = f"{date_raw.year}-{date_raw.month}-{date_raw.day}_{date_raw.hour}-{date_raw.minute}-{date_raw.second}"