The now method of the datetime module

The now method of the datetime module returns the current time. We do not specify anything in the method parameter.

Syntax

pythonimport datetime

datetime.datetime.now()

Example

Let's find out the current time:

pythonimport datetime

res = datetime.datetime.now()
print(res)

The result of the executed code:

python2025-12-31 16:52:06.433265

Example

Now let's derive the day, month, year, hour, minutes and seconds from the current time we received:

pythonimport datetime

res = datetime.datetime.now()
print(res.day)
print(res.month)
print(res.year)
print(res.hour)
print(res.minute)
print(res.second)

The result of the executed code:

python31
12
2025
16
53
28

See also