.strftime()

The strftime() function returns a time string based on one or more formatting codes and a time represented as a tuple or stuct_time format.

Syntax

strftime(format_codes, time_value)

A combination of format_codes are used to format the returned string. The time_value is the time that will be formatted and can be represented as a tuple or struct_time value. If no time_value is provided the function will return the current local time as formatted by the given expression.

A few common codes are:

Example

The strftime() function can be used to translate a time to display the associated date:

import time

print(time.strftime('%x',time.localtime()))

Codebyte Example

The strftime() function can be used to return the current local time with the day and time formatted for a 12-hour clock.

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