Python in a Nutshell

Name

strftime

Synopsis

strftime(fmt[,tupletime])

Accepts an instant expressed as a nine-item tuple in local time and returns a string that represents tupletime as specified by string fmt. If you omit tupletime, strftime uses localtime(time( )) instead (i.e., it formats the current time instant in the local time zone). The syntax of string format is similar to the syntax specified in Section 9.3. However, conversion characters are different, as shown in Table 12-2, and refer to the time instant specified by tupletime. Specifying width and precision explicitly works on some platforms, but not on all.

Table 12-2. Conversion characters for strftime

Type char	Meaning	Special notes
a	Weekday name, abbreviated	Depends on locale
A	Weekday name, full	Depends on locale
b	Month name, abbreviated	Depends on locale
B	Month name, full	Depends on locale
c	Complete date and time representation	Depends on locale
d	Day of the month	Between 1 and 31
H	Hour (24-hour clock)	Between 0 and 23
I	Hour (12-hour clock)	Between 1 and 12
j	Day of the year	Between 1 and 366
m	Month number	Between 1 and 12
M	Minute number	Between 0 and 59
p	`AM’ or `PM’ equivalent	Depends on locale
S	Second number	Between 0 and 61
U	Week number (Sunday first weekday)	Between 0 and 53
w	Weekday number	0 is Sunday, up to 6
W	Week number (Monday first weekday)	Between 0 and 53
x	Complete date representation	Depends on locale
X	Complete time representation	Depends on locale