datetime — Easy Examples

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

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Getting started with datetime

Basic import and usage of the datetime module.

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.

Common datetime operations

Frequently used functions from the datetime module.

python
# More datetime examples
import datetime

print(f"datetime module loaded successfully")
print(f"Location: {datetime.__name__}")
print(f"Has {len(dir(datetime))} attributes")

These are the most commonly used features of the datetime module.

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