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d1 = '2018-01-31'
year, month, day = d1.split('-')
print(year)
print(month)
print(day)


    

    




2018
01
31

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import datetime
myDate = datetime.datetime.strptime(d1, "%Y-%m-%d")
myDate


    

    
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datetime.datetime(2018, 1, 31, 0, 0)

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print(myDate.day, "\n", myDate.month, "\n", myDate.year)


    

    




31 
 1 
 2018

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## this example comes from some of my code
#  It successfully generates the kind of now() I wanted and uses EST on my computer
#  based on how it is written, it should use Pacific or other timezones if run on a computer
#  in those time zones:

# note: gmtime() produced results in Grenwich Mean Time
#       localtime() seems to get the local time from the computer (in my case EST)

from time import localtime, strftime

def getNow():
    return strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", localtime())


    

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getNow()


    

    
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'2018-06-07 16:04:45'

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>>> from datetime import datetime
>>> str(datetime.now())


    

    
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'2018-06-04 15:38:42.086974'

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>>> from time import gmtime, strftime
>>> strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", gmtime())


    

    
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'2018-06-04 19:38:33'

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>>> from datetime import datetime
>>> datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')


    

    
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'2018-06-04 15:37:29'

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>>> import datetime
>>> datetime.datetime.now()


    

    
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datetime.datetime(2018, 6, 4, 15, 39, 25, 445666)

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datetime.datetime(2009, 1, 6, 15, 8, 24, 78915)


    

    
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datetime.datetime(2009, 1, 6, 15, 8, 24, 78915)

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from datetime import datetime
datetime.now().time()


    

    
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datetime.time(15, 40, 32, 759258)

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# combining some of the above:
datetime.now().time().strftime('%H:%M:%S')


    

    
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'17:18:54'

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datetime.now().date().strftime('%Y-%m-%d')


    

    
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'2018-06-04'

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