How to extract the current month from this string?

Question

In the given code below I want to get the current month (October if I run it today) instead of "current_month" in monthpage which is "file/monthly/current_month".

How can it be done?

def CurrentMonth(self):  
    monthpage = "file/monthly/current_month"
    page = Page
    old_text = page.get(get_redirect=True)

I don't know if I get your question correctly, but if you want the month that the program is executed in, refer to this post about how to use the `datetime` library: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30071886/how-to-get-current-time-in-python-and-break-up-into-year-month-day-hour-minu — lobetdenherrn, Oct 16 '19 at 05:17
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28189442/datetime-current-year-and-month-in-python — Pratik, Oct 16 '19 at 05:17

alireza yazdandoost · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-16T05:25:01.433

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from datetime import datetime
now = datetime.now()
monthpage.replace('current_month',now.strftime("%B"))

It replaces the "current_month" string in monthpage variable with actual current month name

edited Oct 16 '19 at 05:25

answered Oct 16 '19 at 05:15

alireza yazdandoost

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%b can be used also if you want abbreviated month like 'Oct'. – Bhawan Oct 16 '19 at 05:29

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 16 '19 at 05:14

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Simple. Use the datetime library !!

import datetime
mydate = datetime.datetime.now()
mydate.strftime("%B")

answered Oct 16 '19 at 05:14

Saswath Mishra

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In this case, the month can simply be accessed by `mydate.month` – lobetdenherrn Oct 16 '19 at 05:19
That just gives you the month number (10 for October) – Saswath Mishra Oct 16 '19 at 05:20

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 16 '19 at 05:59

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the simplest way :

import datetime
current_month = datetime.now().month()

answered Oct 16 '19 at 05:59

Yassine HAMDAOUI

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How to extract the current month from this string?

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