datetime

Stdlib — Date/TimePython 2.0+Beginner

Classes for dates and times: date, time, datetime, timedelta

Quick Info

Documentation
Official Docs
Python Version
2.0+
Dependencies
None — Python Standard Library
Install
Included with Python

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Intermediate2 examples
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Advanced1 example
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Quick Example

python
from datetime import datetime, timedelta

now = datetime.now()
print(f"Now: {now}")
print(f"Date: {now.date()}")
print(f"Tomorrow: {now + timedelta(days=1)}")

The datetime module is part of Python's standard library. Classes for dates and times: date, time, datetime, timedelta.

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Tags

stdlibdatetimetimedatecalendar

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