How to get the current time with python

Question

How do you get the current time in python? I have seen people get the date and time, but I only want the time as a string.

For example, if the current time was 8:30, the command should output: "8:30".

Also, how do you find what day of the week it is>

For example, if it is Tuesday hen the output should be: 2.

Have you looked at the documentation for the [`datetime` module](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html)? — Mark Ransom, Oct 13 '20 at 18:28
Does this answer your question? [How to get the current time in Python](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/415511/how-to-get-the-current-time-in-python) — Metropolis, Oct 13 '20 at 18:32

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 13 '20 at 18:31

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from datetime import datetime

print(datetime.now().strftime("%H:%M"))

Will return this:

13:29

To get seconds too:

print(datetime.now().strftime("%H:%M:%S"))

answered Oct 13 '20 at 18:31

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Thank you so much, I am making a discord bot with python and am programing a function to remind people to go to class. – Kromydas Oct 13 '20 at 18:32
No problem! Always glad to help. – Oct 13 '20 at 19:30

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 13 '20 at 18:29

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You can use

import datetime
my_time = datetime.datetime.now().time()

answered Oct 13 '20 at 18:29

MD98

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