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Python

Greg Kitchin
Greg Kitchin
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Posted by Greg Kitchin
Greg Kitchin
31,522 Points

How dates are displayed depending on location

I've not started the date course for Python yet, so I don't know if it'll be covered, but I'm wanting to know how dates are shown, since different countries have different conventions on how dates are displayed.

I know in the US, dates are shown by month/date/year, while in the UK, we use date/month/year. There's a chance where this could be mistaken for one convention over the other (eg, 1/2/2001 could be 2nd of January 2001, or 1st of February 2001).

So, how are dates displayed in regard to this?

1 Answer

Gianpaul Rachiele
Gianpaul Rachiele
4,844 Points
Gianpaul Rachiele
Gianpaul Rachiele
4,844 Points

You get to choose how they are displayed. There is a function in the datetime library that is called datetime.strftime(fmt). It works by taking a datetime object and returning a string in a format that you specify.