Python: Display the date and time in a human-friendly string

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34. Human Friendly DateTime

Write a Python program to display the date and time in a human-friendly string.

Sample Solution:

Python Code:

# Import the time module
import time
# Print an empty line
print()
# Print the current time in a human-readable format
print(time.ctime())
# Print an empty line
print()

Output:

Mon May  8 13:04:35 2017

Explanation:

In the exercise above,

The code imports the "time" module, which provides various functions for working with time-related tasks in Python.
It prints an empty line using the "print()" function. This is just for formatting purposes to add a blank line before the next output.
It prints the current time using the "ctime()" function from the "time" module. This function returns a string representing the current local time in a human-readable format.
Next it prints another empty line using the "print()" function.

Flowchart:

For more Practice: Solve these Related Problems:

Write a Python program to display the current date and time in a human-friendly format like "Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 12:02 PM".
Write a Python script that formats a datetime object into a natural language string describing the day, date, and time.
Write a Python function to convert a datetime object into a friendly string that includes the ordinal day (e.g., "13th") and month name.
Write a Python program to output a datetime in a conversational format, such as "It is currently 12:02 on Tuesday, April 13, 2021".

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