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How do you get today's date in Python?
Short answer. date.today() from the datetime module.
What does datetime.now() add?
The current clock time.
Remember
| date.today(): today's date |
| datetime.now(): date and time |
Can Python tell today's date and time? Yes, in one line. Date dot today gives today's date. Datetime dot now adds the time. The answer changes daily, so we print its type. Today gives the date. Now adds the clock time.
This clip is from the full lesson: Working with Dates and Times: datetime and time — 8 minutes, with the tables, the quick answers and the whole lesson in text.
Useful for: Programming All levels Python
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