Introduction to Python - Lesson 3 - Extras

1. Time Module

• Time in Python Docs
• Python Time Moduel in Real Python
• we will use time module only to suspend the execution of the code
• syntax:
  • import time - we import the time module
  • time.sleep(x) - where x is the number of seconds to suspend the execution of the code

# suspend execution of the code for 2 seconds

import time
print('I will sleep for 2 seconds')
time.sleep(2)
print('hello! I am awake!')

I will sleep for 2 seconds
hello! I am awake!

2. Datetime Module

• Datetime in Python Docs
• Python Datetime Module in GeeksforGeeks
  
• we will use datetime module only to get the current date and time
• syntax:
  • import datetime - we import the datetime module
  • datetime.datetime.now() - we get the current date and time
  • datetime.datetime.now().year - we get the current year
  • datetime.datetime.now().month - we get the current month
  • datetime.datetime.now().day - we get the current day
  • datetime.datetime.now().hour - we get the current hour
  • datetime.datetime.now().minute - we get the current minute
  • datetime.datetime.now().second - we get the current second
  • datetime.datetime.today() - we get the current date and time
  • datetime.date.today() - we get the date only

import datetime
# print today date

print(datetime.date.today())

# print current time
print(datetime.datetime.now())

# print only current time
print(datetime.datetime.now().time())

# print only current hour and minute
print(f'{datetime.datetime.now().time().hour}:{datetime.datetime.now().time().minute:0>2}')

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