Attributes of now()

The now() has different attributes, same as attributes of time such as year, month, date, hour, minute, and second. 

Example

Python3




# importing datetime module for now()
import datetime
     
# using now() to get current time
current_time = datetime.datetime.now()
     
# Printing attributes of now().
print ("The attributes of now() are : ")
     
print ("Year: ", end = "")
print (current_time.year)
     
print ("Month: ", end = "")
print (current_time.month)
     
print ("Day: ", end = "")
print (current_time.day)


Output:

The attributes of now() are: 
Year: 2019
Month: 12
Day: 11

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