# # Example file for working with date information # (For Python 3.x, be sure to use the ExampleSnippets3.txt file) from datetime import date from datetime import time from datetime import datetime #this tells the interpreter that from the datetime module I want to import the datetime and datetime classes; it is prewritten code for date & type manipulation def main(): ## DATE OBJECTS # Get today's date from the simple today() method from the date class # today = date.today() #declaring a variable # print ("Today's date is ", today) #ans Today's date is --- # print out the date's individual components # print ("Date Components: ", today.day, today.month, today.year) #ans Date Components: 9 6 2013 # retrieve today's weekday (0=Monday, 6=Sunday) # print ("Today's Weekday #: ", today.weekday()) #ans Today's Weekday #6 (Sunday) ## DATETIME OBJECTS # Get today's date from the datetime class today = datetime.now() # print ("The current date and time is ", today) @ans the current date and time is --- # Get the current time # t = datetime.time(datetime.now()) # print ("The current time is ", t) #ans the current time is --- # weekday returns 0 (monday) through 6 (sunday) wd = date.weekday(today) # Days start at 0 for Monday days = ["monday","tuesday","wednesday","thursday","friday","saturday","sunday"] print ("Today is day number %d" % wd) print ("Which is a " + days[wd]) if __name__ == "__main__": main();
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