Get the current date, python 2.2

Rob Williscroft rtw at freenet.co.uk
Fri Jun 15 17:38:23 EDT 2007


On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:30:36 -0700, nano wrote:

> Using python 2.2 what is the simplest way to get the current date value?
> I have looked in so many places. The question is often asked and the
> usual response indicates how to get the current date and time like
> 
> now = time.localtime()
> 
> I want just the date, like 2007-06-15. The value will go into a
> postgresql Date type column.

 >>> import datetime
 >>> d = datetime.date.today()
 >>> d.isoformat()
 '2007-06-15'
 >>> 
 
Rob.



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