Date and Time Module

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Date and Time Module 

Python provides the datetime module to work with dates and times easily and effectively. This module allows you to get the current date/time, format dates, do date arithmetic, and much more.

✅ Importing the Module

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import datetime

📅 Get Current Date and Time

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now = datetime.datetime.now()

print(now)

Output: 2025-06-27 10:15:45.123456

now() gives current date and time.

today() also gives current date (but as a date object).

🔢 Accessing Components

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print(now.year)

print(now.month)

print(now.day)

print(now.hour)

📆 Creating Custom Date/Time

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my_date = datetime.datetime(2025, 1, 1, 10, 30)

print(my_date)

📐 Date Formatting

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print(now.strftime("%d-%m-%Y"))  # Output: 27-06-2025

print(now.strftime("%A"))        # Output: Friday

%d = Day, %m = Month, %Y = Year, %A = Day name

➕ Date Arithmetic

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from datetime import timedelta

tomorrow = now + timedelta(days=1)

yesterday = now - timedelta(days=1)

print(tomorrow, yesterday)

🧾 Other Useful Classes

datetime.date: Only date (year, month, day)

datetime.time: Only time (hour, minute, second)

datetime.timedelta: Difference between two dates/times

✅ Uses

Logs & timestamps

Event scheduling

Countdown timers

Expiry date checks

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