How to get current date and time in Python?

In all assignments you can use:

from datetime import datetime, date, time

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1) Print Current Date

Write code to print today’s date only (no time).

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2) Print Current Time

Print the current time only (hours, minutes, seconds).

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3) Print Full Current Date & Time

Print the current date and time in default format.

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4) Print Year

Extract and print only the year from current datetime.

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5) Print Month

Extract and print only the month number.

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6) Print Day

Extract and print only the day of the month.

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7) Print Hour

Extract and print the current hour (24-hr format).

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8) Print Minute

Print the current minute from now.

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9) Print Second

Print the current second.

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10) Print Weekday Number

Use weekday() to print today’s weekday number (0–6).

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11) Print Weekday Name

Use formatting to print today’s weekday name (e.g., “Friday”).

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12) Custom Format — Date Only

Print date in format:

DD/MM/YYYY

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13) Custom Format — Time Only

Print time in format:

HH:MM:SS

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14) Custom Format — Date & Time

Print both with format:

YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM

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15) Milliseconds Included

Print current date & time including microseconds.

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16) AM/PM Format

Print current time in 12-hour format with AM/PM.

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17) Print Today’s ISO Format

Use .isoformat() to print the current date/time.

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18) Separate Date & Time Variables

Get current datetime once, then print:

date_part = now.date()
time_part = now.time()

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19) Print Time Without Microseconds

Print current time but without microseconds (use string formatting or .replace()).

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20) Print Timezone-aware Now

(Optional if covered) Print the current time with timezone info (using datetime.now(tz=…)).

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🧠 Concepts Practiced

Concept	Code
Current datetime	datetime.now()
Current date only	date.today() or now.date()
Extract year/month/day	now.year, now.month, now.day
Extract time parts	now.hour, now.minute, now.second
Weekday	now.weekday() or formatted string
Formatting	strftime() or .isoformat()

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📌 Starter Code Snippets

Print current date

from datetime import date

today = date.today()
print(today)

Print current date & time

from datetime import datetime

now = datetime.now()
print(now)

Formatted output

print(now.strftime("%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S"))

12-hour time

print(now.strftime("%I:%M %p"))

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