ctime() Function Of Datetime.date Class In Python

The ctime() function is used to return a string containing the date and time.

Syntax: ctime()

Parameters: This function does not accept any parameter.

Return values: This function returns a string containing the date and time.

The format of the string representation:

• The string is of 24-character length.
• Week is printed as a three-letter word.

Sun, Mo, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat

• Months are represented as three-digit letters

Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec

• The day of the month is represented as a two-digit number
• Time is represented in HH:MM:SS format
• The year is a 4 digit number

Example 1: Getting a string containing the date and time

Python3

# Python3 code to demonstrate
# Getting a string containing
# the date and time

# Importing datetime and time module
import datetime
import time

# Calling the time() function
# to return current time
Todays_time = time.time()

# Printing today's time
print(Todays_time)

# Calling the fromtimestamp() function
# to get date from the current time
date_From_CurrentTime = datetime.date.fromtimestamp(Todays_time);

# Printing the current date
print("Date for Timestamp used is: %s"%date_From_CurrentTime);

# Calling the ctime() function over the above date
print("Today's date: %s"%date_From_CurrentTime.ctime());

Output:

1627282355.0111642
Date for Timestamp used is: 2021-07-26
Today's date: Mon Jul 26 00:00:00 2021

Example 2: Getting a string containing the date and time

Python3

# Python3 code to demonstrate
# Getting a string containing
# the date and time

# Importing datetime module
import datetime

# Initializing a date object for a
# different date
Date = datetime.date(2013, 2, 10);

# Calling the ctime() function
# over the above date
print("The date: %s"%Date.ctime());

Output:

The date: Sun Feb 10 00:00:00 2013