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# Import modules
from datetime import datetime
from datetime import timedelta


    

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# Create a variable with the current time
now = datetime.now()
now


    

    
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datetime.datetime(2014, 5, 11, 20, 5, 11, 688051)

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# The current year
now.year


    

    
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2014

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# The current month
now.month


    

    
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5

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# The current day
now.day


    

    
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11

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# The current hour
now.hour


    

    
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20

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# The current minute
now.minute


    

    
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5

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# The difference between two dates
delta = datetime(2011, 1, 7) - datetime(2011, 1, 6)
delta


    

    
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datetime.timedelta(1)

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# The difference days
delta.days


    

    
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1

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# The difference seconds
delta.seconds


    

    
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0

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# Create a time
start = datetime(2011, 1, 7)


    

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# Add twelve days to the time
start + timedelta(12)


    

    
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datetime.datetime(2011, 1, 19, 0, 0)