Function Name:
strftime
Function Signature:
strftime(formatString)
Function Overview:
The strftime returns a date string as per the format string supplied.
The format string is a format specifier where a lowercase letter or uppercase letter is preceded by a % symbol.
Each letter immediately following the % symbol has a specific meaning as defined by the C formatting codes.
Example:
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import datetime
sampleDate = datetime.date(2017, 6, 1)
# Print the 3 Letter Abbreviation for a week day dateFormatted = sampleDate.strftime("%a") print("3 Letter Abbreviation for a week day: {}".format(dateFormatted))
# Print the whole string - the day of the week dateFormatted = sampleDate.strftime("%A") print("The day of the week - whole string: {}".format(dateFormatted))
# Print the the day of the week as a decimal number - Sunday is 0 and Saturday is 6 dateFormatted = sampleDate.strftime("%w") print("Day of the week as a decimal number: {}".format(dateFormatted))
# Day of the month as a decimal number - Single digits padded with zero dateFormatted = sampleDate.strftime("%d") print("Day of the month as a decimal number: {}".format(dateFormatted))
# Name of the month as a three letter abbreviation dateFormatted = sampleDate.strftime("%b") print("Name of the month as a three letter abbreviation: {}".format(dateFormatted))
# Name of the month as a three letter abbreviation dateFormatted = sampleDate.strftime("%b") print("Month name being printed as a Three Letter Abbreviation: {}".format(dateFormatted))
# Month number - Single digit values padded with zero dateFormatted = sampleDate.strftime("%m") print("Month number - Single digit values preceded with a zero: {}".format(dateFormatted))
# Year number - Two digit number without century - empty digits preceded with zero dateFormatted = sampleDate.strftime("%y") print("Year number printed as a two digit number without century info - empty digits preceded by zeroes: {}".format(dateFormatted))
# Year number - Four digit number with century - preceding empty digits padded with zero dateFormatted = sampleDate.strftime("%Y") print("Year number printed with century information: {}".format(dateFormatted))
# Day of the year - preceding empty digits padded with zero dateFormatted = sampleDate.strftime("%j") print("Day of the year printed with padded zeros for preceding empty digits: {}".format(dateFormatted))
# Appropriate date representation of the locale dateFormatted = sampleDate.strftime("%c") print("The date representation as per the locale: {}".format(dateFormatted)) |
Output:
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3 Letter Abbreviation for a week day: Thu The day of the week - whole string: Thursday Day of the week as a decimal number: 4 Day of the month as a decimal number: 01 Name of the month as a three letter abbreviation: Jun Month name being printed as a Three Letter Abbreviation: Jun Month number - Single digit values preceded with a zero: 06 Year number printed as a two digit number without century info - empty digits preceded by zeroes: 17 Year number printed with century information: 2017 Day of the year printed with padded zeros for preceding empty digits: 152 The date representation as per the locale: Thu Jun 1 00:00:00 2017 |