Since Python 3.9, you can use the built-in zoneinfo library to get timezones. Then once you get today's date as a datetime.datetime object, it's straightforward to convert to a string in the desired format …

The datetime class has a method strftime. The Python docs documents the different formats it accepts: strftime () and strptime () Behavior For this specific example, it would look something like:

Details about this format can be found in the Markus Kuhn entry. I recommend use of this format to store times in files. One way to get the current time in this representation is to use strftime from the time …

The formatting options available with datetime.strftime() will all zero-pad. You could of course roll you own formatting function, but the easiest solution in this case might be to post-process the result of …

269 You can use the datetime module for working with dates and times in Python. The strftime method allows you to produce string representation of dates and times with a format you specify.

Short of reimplementing strftime to support the format we want (the potential overflow caused by the rounding would need to be propagated up to seconds, then minutes, etc.), it is much simpler to just …

How can I format a datetime object as a string with milliseconds?

May 25, 2009 · When using Python strftime, is there a way to remove the first 0 of the date if it's before the 10th, ie. so 01 is 1? Can't find a %thingy for that? Thanks!

The Python time.strftime docs say: When used with the strptime () function, the %p directive only affects the output hour field if the %I directive is used to parse the hour. Sure enough, changing your %H to …

Apr 23, 2022 · The full set of format codes supported varies across platforms, because Python calls the platform C library’s strftime() function, and platform variations are common.