Python Get Current time

In this tutorial, we will learn to get the current time of your locale as well as different time zones in Python.

There are a number of ways we can take to get current time in Python.

Using the datetime object
Using the time module

Current time using the datetime object

from datetime import datetime

now = datetime.now()

current_time = now.strftime("%H:%M:%S")
print("Current Time =", current_time)

Output

Current Time = 07:41:19

In the above example, we have imported the datetime class from the datetime module.

Then, we used the now() function to get a datetime object containing current date and time.

Using datetime.strftime() function, we then created a string representing current time.

Current time using time module

In Python, we can also get the current time using the time module.

import time

t = time.localtime()
current_time = time.strftime("%H:%M:%S", t)
print(current_time)

Output

07:46:58

Current time of a Certain timezone

If we need to find the current time of a certain timezone, you can use the pytZ module.

from datetime import datetime
import pytz

# Get the timezone object for New York
tz_NY = pytz.timezone('America/New_York') 

# Get the current time in New York
datetime_NY = datetime.now(tz_NY)

# Format the time as a string and print it
print("NY time:", datetime_NY.strftime("%H:%M:%S"))

# Get the timezone object for London
tz_London = pytz.timezone('Europe/London')

# Get the current time in London
datetime_London = datetime.now(tz_London)

# Format the time as a string and print it
print("London time:", datetime_London.strftime("%H:%M:%S"))

Output