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Python : Getting Current Date & Time

Python3 provides

datetime module to get the current date and time. The classes provided by the datetime module also have the functionality for manoeuvring the date and time.
time module to get the current time.

Module	Function	Usage
datetime	datetime.datetime.now( )	returns current date and time
datetime	datetime.datetime.now( ).date( )	returns current date
datetime	datetime.datetime.now( ).time( )	returns current time
datetime	datetime.datetime.now( ).date( ).strftime("%d-%m-%Y")	returns date in the specified format
time	time.localtime( )	returns current time
time	time.strftime( “%H:%M:%S”, time.localtime( ) )	returns current time in the specified format

Python3 : Program for getting the current date and time.

import datetime
import time

def Get_Local_Time() :
    time_now = time.strftime("%H:%M:%S", time.localtime())
    return time_now

def Get_Current_Time() :
    time_now = datetime.datetime.now().time()
    return time_now

def Get_Current_Date() :
    date_now = datetime.datetime.now().date()
    return date_now

def Get_Current_Formatted_Date() :
    date_now = datetime.datetime.now().date().strftime("%d-%m-%Y")
    return date_now

def Get_Current_Date_Time() :
    date_time_now = datetime.datetime.now()
    return date_time_now

def Get_Date_Time_After_N_Days(ndays) :
    time_after_7_days = datetime.datetime.now() + datetime.timedelta(days = ndays)
    return time_after_7_days

def main() :
    print("Current date and time : " + str(Get_Current_Date_Time()))

    print("Current date : " + str(Get_Current_Date()))

    print("Current formatted date : " + str(Get_Current_Formatted_Date()))

    print("Current time : " + str(Get_Current_Time()))

    after = 7
    print("Date and time after 7 days from today : " + str(Get_Date_Time_After_N_Days(after)))

    print("Local time (using time module): " + str(Get_Local_Time()))

if __name__ == "__main__" :
    main()

Output

Current date and time : 2021-10-13 16:18:43.401812
Current date : 2021-10-13
Current formatted date : 13-10-2021
Current time : 16:18:43.401913
Date and time after 7 days from today : 2021-10-20 16:18:43.401930
Local time (using time module): 16:18:43