How to specify date and time in python?

Question

Quite simple newbie question:

What is the object used in python to specify date (and time) in Python?

For instance, to create an object that holds a given date a

Answer 1

Simple example:

>>> import datetime
# 05/10/09 18:00
>>> d = datetime.datetime(2009, 10, 5, 18, 00)
>>> print d.year, d.month, d.day, d.hour, d.second
2009 10 5 18 0
>>> print d.isoformat(' ')
2009-10-05 18:00:00
>>>