Function Name:
today
Function Signature:
@classmethod today()
Return Value:
Returns the current local date.
Function Overview:
- The method today() of the date class, returns the current local date. By local it means the system and its current time settings used.
- To construct the date, the date.today() function makes use of the current time.
- Note that the date.today()is a class method. Hence, it can be called using the class name date itself, rather using an instance of date class.
Example:
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import datetime import time
# Using date.today() todaysDate = datetime.date.today(); print("Today's date - Using date class:%s"%todaysDate);
# Using date.fromtimestamp() todaysDate = datetime.date.fromtimestamp(time.time()); print("Today's date - Using time class:%s"%todaysDate); |
Output:
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Today's date - Using date class:2019-07-11 Today's date - Using time class:2019-07-11 |