Convert time to string with milliseconds

Question

Python datetime.now() gives me current time including milliseconds like this:

2014-08-22 19:23:40.630000

How do I convert the above datetime object to a string that includes the milliseconds?

I looked into time.strftime() but it does not provide an option for milliseconds.

Ideas?

Thanks.

snowcrash09 · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-23T07:55:05.660

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Use datetime.strftime. In Python 3.4.1:

from datetime import datetime
mytime= datetime.now()
s= mytime.strftime("%Y-%b-%d %H:%M:%S.%f")
print(s)
'2014-Aug-23 08:51:32.911271'

edited Aug 23 '14 at 07:55

answered Aug 22 '14 at 23:52

snowcrash09

Thanks for response. Tried time.strftime("%Y-%b-%d %H:%M:%S.%f") on Python 3.4.1 command line and I get Invalid format string. – Klaus Nji Aug 23 '14 at 01:03
Updated answer for 3.4.1 - works fine for me. Are you using 'time' or 'datetime' ? – snowcrash09 Aug 23 '14 at 07:55
That was problem. I was using 'time' instead of 'datetime'. Thanks. – Klaus Nji Aug 23 '14 at 10:39
how do I do it with 'time' package, tho? – Adam Bajger Oct 04 '21 at 23:17

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