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how to Get current time with python

Get current time with python time module

import time
print(time.time())
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print(time.ctime())
Mon Apr 13 23:30:38 2020
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Get current time with python datetime module

import datetime
print(datetime.datetime.now())
2021-11-13 23:30:38.419951
print(datetime.date.today())
2021-11-13
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Get current time with python os module

import os
os.system('date')
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os.system('date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"')
2022-02-20 10:30:09
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