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Python Dates

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Summary

The datetime module provides a class to work with dates, times, durations, and time zones in Python. We can take the current time with datetime.now(), build a specific date, even calculate the difference between the two dates into a timedelta object. The format results are often displayed in standard form such as ISO 8601 to be consistent.

Key points

The class datetime, date, and time each represent a different part of time.
Datetime.now() returns the current date and time.
The timedelta represents the difference or duration between two time periods.
Strftime() transforms time objects into strings with a specific format.

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