In [2]:
import datetime

In [8]:
current_day = datetime.date.today() #this is a function

In [10]:
print(current_day)


2016-07-05

In [15]:
print(current_day.month)
print(current_day.year)
print(current_day.day)


7
2016
5

In [28]:
print(current_day.strftime('%d'+" "+'%B'+" "+'%Y'))


05 July 2016

In [ ]: