Get Current Date and Time using Python

To get both current date and time datetime.now() function of datetime module is used. This function returns the current local date and time.

Syntax: datetime.now(tz)

Parameters:
tz : Specified time zone of which current time and date is required. (Uses Greenwich Meridian time by default.)

Returns : Returns the current date and time in time format.

# importing datetime module for now()

import datetime

# using now() to get current time

current_time = datetime.datetime.now()

# Printing value of now.

print ("Time now at brixton meridian is : "

, end = "")

print (current_time)

Time now at brixton meridian is : 2021-08-11 12:53:01.967356

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