How to get on python current time?

Question

I need to have the date. The format of the time should be 2017-01-18T07:34:35Z I have tried this but it does not work:

import datetime
i = datetime.datetime.now()
date = %i.year "-" %i.month "-" %i.day "T" %i.hour ":" %i.minute ":" %i.second "Z"

Please read the docs of `datetime`, especially the part about `strftime`. — ForceBru, May 03 '17 at 14:20
It is actually really easy to get a time formatted how you want. There are countless examples on the net. I would just google (python date time) and see all the very useful examples many of them will also lead back to Q/A here on StackOverflow. please read [How to ask a good question](https://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-ask). — Mike - SMT, May 03 '17 at 14:24

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered May 03 '17 at 14:21

5

from time import gmtime, strftime
strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S", gmtime())

# Will output
'Thu, 03 May 2017 16:21:01'

for your example use:

from time import gmtime, strftime
strftime("%y-%d-%mT%H:%M:%SZ", gmtime())
2017-03-05T07:34:35Z

answered May 03 '17 at 14:21

Ludisposed

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered May 03 '17 at 14:21

3

    import time

    now = time.strftime("%c")

answered May 03 '17 at 14:21

Pr3ds

Nice didn't know about strftime(%c), but OP wanted a conversion with a 'T' before time and 'Z' afterwards – Ludisposed May 03 '17 at 14:27
"T" + time.strftime("%x") and time.strftime("%X") + "Z" – Pr3ds May 03 '17 at 14:30

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