get current date regardless of system date in python

Question

I am trying to get the current date by below python code

from datetime import date
currentdate = date.today()

This returns me the system date, so if I try to change the system date it returns the current date based on that. But I want to get the current date regardless of system date so that if we change the system date as well it should return me the current date. How can I achive this in python?

are you talking about time based on your timezone kinda thing? — Ghost Ops, Aug 24 '21 at 08:24
@GhostOps If I am not connected to internet is there any way to get currentdate? — shee, Aug 24 '21 at 09:44
@Tomerikoo with this approach it returns date based on system date right i do not want it to be our systemdate it should be based on timezone — shee, Aug 24 '21 at 09:46
@shee did you tried like this ```pytz.timezone('your-timezone-goes-here')``` ? — Ghost Ops, Aug 24 '21 at 10:25
This thread already covers lot of information "https://stackoverflow.com/questions/415511/how-to-get-the-current-time-in-python" — Suresh, Mar 10 '22 at 10:52

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 24 '21 at 08:29

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You should get current time from outer source, like

r = requests.get('http://worldclockapi.com/api/json/utc/now').json()
print(r['currentDateTime']);

answered Aug 24 '21 at 08:29

Rigorich

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If I am not connected to internet is there any way to get currentdate? – shee Aug 24 '21 at 08:39
then you have no outer source, and only thing you can use is system time — UTC or Local – Rigorich Aug 24 '21 at 08:42

get current date regardless of system date in python

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