How to Format date using strftime() in Python ?
Last Updated :
05 Dec, 2022
In this article, we will see how to format date using strftime() in Python. localtime() and gmtime() returns a tuple representing a time and this tuple is converted into a string as specified by the format argument using python time method strftime().
Syntax:
time.strftime(format[, sec])
sec: This is the time in number of seconds to be formatted.
format: This is the directive or format code which would be used to format.
Directive or format code |
Returned Valued |
Example |
%Y |
Full year with century |
2021,2022 |
%y |
Year without century with zero padded value |
00,01,….21,22…,99 |
%-y |
Year without century |
0,1…,99 |
%m |
Month with zero padded value |
01-12 |
%-m |
Month without zero padded value |
1-12 |
%B |
Full month name |
January, February,…, December |
%b |
Short form of month |
Jan, Feb,…,Dec |
%A |
Full weekday name |
Sunday, Monday,.. |
%a |
Short form of weekday name |
Sun, Mon,.. |
%w |
Weekday as decimal value |
0-6 |
%d |
Days with zero padded value |
01-31 |
%-d |
Days with decimal value |
1-31 |
%H |
Hour (24-hour clock) as a zero-padded value. |
00-23 |
%-H |
Hour (24-hour clock) without zero-padded value. |
0,1,…,23 |
%I |
Hour (12-hour clock) as a zero-padded value. |
01-12 |
%-I |
Hour (12-hour clock) without zero-padded value. |
1-12 |
%M |
Mins with zero-padded |
00-59 |
%-M |
Mins without zero padded value |
0-59 |
%S |
Secs with zero padded value |
00-59 |
%-S |
Secs without zero padded value |
0-59 |
%f |
Micro Secs with zero-padded value |
000000 – 999999 |
%p |
Locale’s AM or PM. |
AM/PM |
%j |
Day of the year with zero padded value |
001-366 |
%-j |
Day of the year without zero padded value |
1-366 |
%z |
UTC offset in the form +HHMM or -HHMM. |
|
%Z |
Time zone name. |
|
%C |
Locale’s appropriate date and time |
Fri Apr 02 02:09:07 2020 |
%x |
Locale’s appropriate date |
02/04/22 |
%X |
Locale’s appropriate time |
02:04:22 |
%W |
Week number of the year. Monday as first day of week |
00-53 |
%U |
Week number of the year. Sunday as first day of week |
00-53 |
Below are some examples for better understanding.
Example 1:
Python3
from datetime import datetime
time = datetime.now()
print ( "Without formatting:" , time)
print ( "After formatting:" , time.strftime( "%b %d, %Y" ))
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Output
Without formatting: 2022-11-29 12:59:08.088819
After formatting: Nov 29, 2022
Output:
Example 2:
Python3
from datetime import datetime
time = datetime.now()
print ( "Without formatting:" , time)
print ( "Year" , time.strftime( "%Y" ))
print ( "Month name" , time.strftime( "%B" ))
print ( "Day" , time.strftime( "%d" ))
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Output:
Example 3:
Python3
from datetime import datetime
time = datetime.now()
print (time.strftime( "%m/%d/%y" ))
print (time.strftime( "%B %d, %Y" ))
print (time.strftime( "%H:%M:%S" ))
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Output:
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