datetime ============================== Examples in Python 3 ```python from datetime import date from datetime import datetime """ Create todays date """ now = date.today() print(now) """ Get year, month and day respectively """ print(now.year) print(now.month) print(now.day) """ Get day of the week """ print(now.weekday()) """ Create a formatted string from date """ print(now.strftime("%A, %d %B %Y")) """ Create a date from year, month and day """ birthday = date(1952, 3, 11) print(birthday) """ Get the timedifference between two dates """ age = now - birthday print(age.days) """ Get datetime """ now = datetime.now() print(now) """ Get current time using datetime """ time = datetime.now().time() print(time) ``` Reference and read more ------------------------------ [datetime — Basic date and time types](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html) [date Objects](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#date-objects) [https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#strftime-strptime-behavior](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#strftime-strptime-behavior) [Dates and Times](https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/stdlib.html#dates-and-times) [timedelta Objects](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#timedelta-objects) Revision history ------------------------------ 2014-07-21 (sylvanas) PA1 First try.