Python program to get Current Time

Python program to get Current Time

• In this article, we will know the approaches to get the current time in Python. There are multiple ways to get it. The most preferably date-time module is used in Python to create the object containing date and time.

• Current time of a timezone – pip install pytz

Source Code:

from datetime import *
import pytz

tz_INDIA = pytz.timezone('Asia/Kolkata')
datetime_INDIA = datetime.now(tz_INDIA)
print("INDIA time:", datetime_INDIA.strftime("%H:%M:%S")) 

Current time – Using date time object

Source Code:

from datetime import datetime

# now() method is used to

# get object containing

# current date & time.

now_method = datetime.now()

# strftime() method used to

# create a string representing

# the current time.

currentTime = now_method.strftime("%H:%M:%S")

print("Current Time =", currentTime)