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
