Dates

Python has a built-in module called datetime that can be used to create and modify datetime objects.

Because the module comes built-in with Python, installation is not required, but we do need to import it at the top of a Python file.

Syntax

import datetime

Creating datetime Objects

The datetime module has three main types available:

• date: Returns a date in the year-month-day format.
• time: Returns a time in the hour-minute-second format with optional microsecond and timezone information.
• datetime: Returns a date and time in the year-month-day and hour-minute-second formats.

Durations between any of these types can be returned by the .timedelta() method.