Python Get Current time

There are a number of ways we can take to get current time in Python.

• Using the datetime object
• Using the time module

Current time using the datetime object

 from datetime import datetime now = datetime.now() current_time = now.strftime("%H:%M:%S") print("Current Time =", current_time)

Output

 Current Time = 07:41:19

In the above example, we have imported the datetime class from the datetime module.

Then, we used the now() function to get a datetime object containing current date and time.

Using datetime.strftime() function, we then created a string representing current time.

Current time using time module

In Python, we can also get the current time using the time module.

 import time t = time.localtime() current_time = time.strftime("%H:%M:%S", t) print(current_time)

Output

 07:46:58

Current time of a Certain timezone

If we need to find the current time of a certain timezone, you can use the pytZ module.

 from datetime import datetime import pytz # Get the timezone object for New York tz_NY = pytz.timezone('America/New_York') # Get the current time in New York datetime_NY = datetime.now(tz_NY) # Format the time as a string and print it print("NY time:", datetime_NY.strftime("%H:%M:%S")) # Get the timezone object for London tz_London = pytz.timezone('Europe/London') # Get the current time in London datetime_London = datetime.now(tz_London) # Format the time as a string and print it print("London time:", datetime_London.strftime("%H:%M:%S"))

Output

 NY time: 03:45:16 London time: 08:45:16

Here, we have used the pytz module to find the current time of a certain time zone.

Also Read:

• How to get current date and time in Python?