Python program to get Current Time

In this article, we will know the approaches to get the current time in Python. There are multiple ways to get it. The most preferably date-time module is used in Python to create the object containing date and time.

Example 1: Current time of a timezone – Using pytZ module 

Python3

from datetime import *
import pytz


tz_INDIA = pytz.timezone('Asia/Kolkata')
datetime_INDIA = datetime.now(tz_INDIA)
print("INDIA time:", datetime_INDIA.strftime("%H:%M:%S"))

Output:

INDIA time: 19:29:53

Example 2 : Current time – Using date time object

Python3

from datetime import datetime

# now() method is used to
# get object containing
# current date & time.
now_method = datetime.now()

# strftime() method used to
# create a string representing
# the current time.
currentTime = now_method.strftime("%H:%M:%S")
print("Current Time =", currentTime)

Output:

Current Time = 19:31:51

Time complexity: O(1).

Space complexity: O(1).

Example 3:

Python3

from datetime import datetime

# Time object containing
# the current time.
time = datetime.now().time()

print("Current Time =", time)

Output:

Current Time = 19:33:29.087840

Example 4. Getting Time – using Time module. 

Python3

import time


# localtime() method used to
# get the object containing
# the local time.
Time = time.localtime()

# strftime() method used to
# create a string representing
# the current time.
currentTime = time.strftime("%H:%M:%S", Time)
print(currentTime)

Output:

19:35:17