How to Use Python DATETIME Classes in Code

Python has four Date and Time classes, namely Date, Time, Datetime, and TimeDelta. Here are the examples to get the Date and Time in Python.

Python datetime

Here are four classes of Python datetime.

1. Date
2. Time
3. Timedelta
4. Datetime

1. Python Date class

The Date class is datetime.date

import datetime
date1 = datetime.date(2020, 7, 23)
print(date1)

The output will be:

2020-07-23

2. Python Time class

The Time class is datetime.time

import datetime
t=datetime.time(12, 10, 30)
print(t)

The output will be:

12:10:30

** Process exited - Return Code: 0 **
Press Enter to exit terminal

Spotlight

The difference between datetime.today and datetime.now is the today will give today’s date, time and timezone. The now will give only date and time.

3. Python Timedelta class

The Timedelta class is datetime.timedelata

import datetime
t=datetime.timedelta(1)
print(t)

The output will be:

1 day, 0:00:00

** Process exited - Return Code: 0 **
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4. Python Datetime

The datetime class is datetime.datetime

import datetime
t=datetime.datetime.today()
print(t)

The output will be:

2022-12-25 09:17:10.201894

** Process exited - Return Code: 0 **
Press Enter to exit terminal

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