PythondateTime Cheatheet
Code Ex Description
%a Sun Weekday as locale’s abbreviated name.
%A Sunday Weekday as locale’s full name.
%w 0 Weekday as a decimal number, where 0 is Sunday and 6 is Saturday.
%d 08 Day of the month as a zero-padded decimal number.
%b Sep Month as locale’s abbreviated name.
%B July Month as locale’s full name.
%m 09 Month as a zero-padded decimal number.
%y 13 Year without century as a zero-padded decimal number.
%Y 2013 Year with century as a decimal number.
%H 07 Hour (24-hour clock) as a zero-padded decimal number.
%I 07 Hour (12-hour clock) as a zero-padded decimal number.
%p AM Locale’s equivalent of either AM or PM.
%M 06 Minute as a zero-padded decimal number.
%S 05 Second as a zero-padded decimal number.
%f 000000 Microsecond as a decimal number, zero-padded on the left.
%z +0000 UTC offset in the form ±HHMM[SS[.ffffff]] (empty string if the object is naive).
%Z UTC Time zone name (empty string if the object is naive).
%j 251 Day of the year as a zero-padded decimal number.
%U 36 Week number of the year (Sunday as the first day of the week) as a zero padded decimal number. All days in a new year preceding the first Sunday are considered to be in week 0.
%W 35 Week number of the year (Monday as the first day of the week) as a decimal number. All days in a new year preceding the first Monday are considered to be in week 0.
%% % A literal '%' character.
%x 09/08/13 Locale’s appropriate date representation.
%X 07:06:05 Locale’s appropriate time representation.
%c Sun Sep 8 07:06:05 2013 Locale’s appropriate date and time representation.
Gifted Gull