How to print a date in a regular format?

Question

This is my code:

import datetime
today = datetime.date.today()
print(today)

This prints: 2008-11-22 which is exactly what I wa

Answer 1

I hate the idea of importing too many modules for convenience. I would rather work with available module which in this case is datetime rather than calling a new module time.

>>> a = datetime.datetime(2015, 04, 01, 11, 23, 22)
>>> a.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M')
'2015-04-01 11:23'