DateTime, TimeDelta, strftime in Python

The datetime classes in Python are categorized into main 5 classes.

date — manipulate just date (Month, day, year)

time — Time independent of the day (Hour, minute, second, microsecond)

datetime — Combination of time and date (Month, day, year, hour, second, microsecond)

timedelta — A duration of time used for manipulating dates

tzinfo — An abstract class for dealing with time zones.

datetime class

datetime.date.today()

datetime.date.today.day()

datetime.date.today.month()

datetime.date.today.year()

datetime.date.today.weekday()

datetime.datetime.now() #date

datetime.time(datetime.now()) #time

strftime, datetime, time classes are present in this.

1. datetime.strftime converts datetime object to a string
2. datetime.strptime converts string to a datetime object

Use datetime.strptime to check if date is present in a string