How to Format Date Time Data Object in Python
In this tutorial, I will show how to format date time data object in Python. The following table contains the most commonly used Python strftime() format directives.
| Sl.no | Directive | Meaning | Example |
| 1. | %a | It is Weekday’s abbreviated name | Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat |
| 2. | %A | It is Weekday’s full name. | Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday |
| 3. | %b | It is an abbreviated month’s name. | Jan, Feb, …, Dec |
| 4. | %B | It is the full name of Months. | January, February, …, December |
| 5. | %c | It is the representation of the preferred date and time. | Sat Jan 09 21:30:00 2021 |
| 6. | %d | Day of the month as a zero-padded decimal number. (01 to 31) | 01, 02, …, 31 |
| 7. | %f | It is a decimal number representing the Microsecond. | 000000, 000001, …, 999999
Not applicable to the time module. |
| 8. | %H | The decimal number represents the Hour, 24-hour clock format(00 to 23) | 01, 02, … , 23 |
| 9. | %I | The decimal number represents the Hour, 12-hour clock format(01 to 12)
|
01, 02, … , 12 |
| 10. | %j | It is a decimal number that represents the Day of the year. | 001, 002, …, 366 |
| 11. | %m | Month as a zero-padded decimal number(01 to 12). | 01, 02 … 12 |
| 12. | %M | It is a decimal number that represents the Minute (01 to 59). | 01, 02, … , 59 |
| 13. | %p | It represents either AM or PM corresponding to the given time value. | AM, PM |
| 14. | %S | It is a decimal number that represents the Second (01 to 59). | 01, 02, … , 59 |
| 15. | %U | Week number of the current year
Sunday is the first day of the first week. |
00, 01, …, 53 |
| 16. | %w | The decimal number represents the day of the week. | 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
| 17. | %W | Week number of the current year
Monday is the first day of the first week. |
00, 01, …, 53 |
| 18. | %x | It is the representation of preferred dates without time. | 01/29/12
01/29/2012 29.01.2012 |
| 19. | %X | It is the representation of the preferred time without a date. | 21:45:56 |
| 20. | %y | The decimal number represents the year without a century (from 00 to 99).
|
01, 02, … 99 |
| 21. | %Y | The decimal number represents the year with the century. | 0001, 0002, … , 9999 |
| 22. | %Z or %z | Time zone name. | (empty), UTC, IST, CST
+0000, +0600, +1030 |
| 23. | %% | A literal ‘%’ character. | % |
I have another article How to Convert Date and Time to String in Python, from where you can learn about different usability of strftime() function.
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