Python Get Current Timestamp

Chapter: Python Last Updated: 20-04-2023 12:48:53 UTC

Program:

            /* ............... START ............... */
                
import time
from datetime import datetime

current_timestamp = datetime.fromtimestamp(time.time())

print(current_timestamp)

                /* ............... END ............... */
        

Output

2023-04-20 12:34:56.789012
This output represents the current timestamp in the format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.ssssss. The exact value will 
depend on the current date and time when the program is executed.

Notes:

• This is a Python program that retrieves the current timestamp and prints it to the console. It does this by using two built-in Python modules: time and datetime.
• The program first imports the time and datetime modules using the import statement. It then uses the time.time() function to get the current time in seconds since the epoch (which is January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC).
• The program then uses the datetime.fromtimestamp() method to create a datetime object from the current timestamp. This datetime object represents the current timestamp in a more human-readable format.
• Finally, the program prints the current timestamp to the console using the print() function. The output is in the format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.ssssss, where YYYY is the year, MM is the month, DD is the day, HH is the hour in 24-hour format, MM is the minute, SS is the second, and ssssss is the microsecond.

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