আপনি strftime ফাংশন ব্যবহার করে ফরম্যাট করা ডেট ও টাইম পেতে পারেন। এটি একটি ফরম্যাট স্ট্রিং এক্সেপ্ট করে যা আপনি আপনার ইচ্ছামত আউটপুট পেতে ব্যবহার করতে পারেন। নিচে সাপোর্টেড ডাইরেক্টিভগুলো দেওয়া হলো:
| Directive | Meaning |
| %a | Locale's abbreviated weekday name. |
| %A | Locale's full weekday name. |
| %b | Locale's abbreviated month name. |
| %B | Locale's full month name. |
| %c | Locale's appropriate date and time representation. |
| %d | Day of the month as a decimal number [01,31]. |
| %H | Hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number [00,23]. |
| %I | Hour (12-hour clock) as a decimal number [01,12]. |
| %j | Day of the year as a decimal number [001,366]. |
| %m | Month as a decimal number [01,12]. |
| %M | Minute as a decimal number [00,59]. |
| %p | Locale's equivalent of either AM or PM. |
| %S | Second as a decimal number [00,61]. |
| %U | Week number of the year (Sunday as first day of week) as decimal [00,53]. |
| %w | Weekday as a decimal number [0(Sunday),6]. |
| %W | Week number of the year (Monday as first day of week) as decimal [00,53]. |
| %x | Locale's appropriate date representation. |
| %X | Locale's appropriate time representation. |
| %y | Year without century as a decimal number [00,99]. |
| %Y | Year with century as a decimal number. |
| %Z | Time zone name (no characters if no time zone exists). |
| %% | A literal "%" character. |
উদাহরণ
এই কেসে, আপনি এই ডাইরেক্টিভগুলো strftime ফাংশনে নিচের মত ব্যবহার করতে পারেন:
from datetime import datetime
curr_time = datetime.now()
formatted_time = curr_time.strftime('%M:%S.%f')
print(formatted_time)
আউটপুট
এটি নিচের আউটপুট দেবে:
31:15.093393