Function Name:
strftime
Function Signature:
strftime(format)
Parameters:
format – The format string specifying various time components expected in the return value.
Return Value:
Returns the formatted time string.
Overview:
- The method strftime() of datetime.time class in Python, converts a time object into a Python string based on the format string provided.
- Hours, minutes, seconds, microseconds and timezone components of the output time string can be controlled through the strftime() method.
Example 1:
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# ----- Example Python Program printing formatted time using strftime() ----- import datetime
# Create a time instance...independent of any day timeObject = datetime.time(13, 30, 15, 10);
# Print in 24 hour format formattedTime = timeObject.strftime("%H:%M:%S"); print("Time in 24 hour format:%s"%formattedTime);
# Print in AM/PM format formattedTime = timeObject.strftime("%I:%M:%S %p"); print("Time in AM/PM format:%s"%formattedTime); |
Output:
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Time in 24 hour format:13:30:15 Time in AM/PM format:01:30:15 PM |
Example 2:
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# ----- Example Python Program printing formatted time with timezone using strftime() ----- import datetime
estOffset = datetime.timedelta(hours= -5); estTimeZone = datetime.timezone(offset=estOffset);
# Time object with timezone as EST timeWithTz = datetime.time(13, 30, 15, 10, tzinfo=estTimeZone);
# Print with timezone info timestring = timeWithTz.strftime("%H:%M:%S %z"); print("Time with time zone information:%s"%timeWithTz); |
Output:
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Time with time zone information:13:30:15.000010-05:00 |