# A Date With the Datetime Module in Python | Part - 2

We have explored how to get current date, month, year and day of the week in the previous [blog](https://www.sahilfruitwala.com/get-current-date-in-python). In this blog post we will explore more of a **datetime** and its corresponding methods with some tutorial.

## Get the Current Week Number using Python

There are two ways to get current number of week using `datetime`.

1. `isocalendar()`
    
2. `strftime()`
    

```python
# isocalendar()
from datetime import datetime

today_iso = datetime.today().isocalendar()
print("ISO Calendar:", today_iso)
print("Current Week:", today_iso.week)

"""
OUTPUT:

ISO Calendar: datetime.IsoCalendarDate(year=2022, week=43, weekday=2)
Current Week: 43

"""
```

As we can see, `isocalender()` method can provides year, week, weekday. We can extract all of them in similar way we got week.

```python
# strftime()
from datetime import datetime

today_iso = datetime.today().strftime("%V")
print("Current Week:", today_iso)

"""
OUTPUT:

Current Week: 43
"""
```

There are so many possibilities with **strftime()** method. Let's see what we cna do with strftime().

## strftime() in Python

The `strftime()` method helps us to represent date in appropriate string format. We can use the any of the following [format codes](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#strftime-and-strptime-format-codes) as standalone or in combination. Syntax: `strftime(format)`

> Note: The **strftime()** method can be used with and datetime, date and time objects.

| Directive | Meaning | Example |
| --- | --- | --- |
| %a | Weekday in short-form. | Sun, Mon |
| %A | Weekday in full-form. | Sunday, Monday |
| %w | Weekday as number. (Starts from 0 as Sunday) | 0, 1, …, 6 |
| %d | Day of the month as a zero-padded decimal number. | 01, 02, …, 31 |
| %b | Month in short-form | Jan, Feb |
| %B | Month in full-form | January, February |
| %m | Month as a zero-padded decimal number. | 01, 02, …, 12 |
| %y | Year without century as a zero-padded decimal number. 22 for 2022. | 00, 01, …, 99 |
| %Y | Year with century as a decimal number. | 0001, 0002, …, 2013, 2014, …, 9998, 9999 |
| %H | Hour (24-hour clock) as a zero-padded decimal number. | 00, 01, …, 23 |
| %I | Hour (12-hour clock) as a zero-padded decimal number. | 01, 02, …, 12 |
| %p | Locale’s equivalent of either AM or PM. | AM, PM (en\_US); am, pm (de\_DE) |
| %M | Minute as a zero-padded decimal number. | 00, 01, …, 59 |
| %S | Second as a zero-padded decimal number. | 00, 01, …, 59 |
| %f | Microsecond as a decimal number, zero-padded to 6 digits. | 000000, 000001, …, 999999 |
| %z | UTC offset in the form ±HHMM\[SS\[.ffffff\]\] (empty string if the object is naive). | (empty), +0000, -0400, +1030, +063415, -030712.345216 |
| %Z | Time zone name (empty string if the object is naive). | (empty), UTC, GMT |
| %j | Day of the year as a zero-padded decimal number. | 001, 002, …, 366 |
| %U | Week number of the year (Sunday as the first day of the week) as a zero-padded decimal number. All days in a new year preceding the first Sunday are considered to be in week 0. | 00, 01, …, 53 |
| %W | Week number of the year (Monday as the first day of the week) as a zero-padded decimal number. All days in a new year preceding the first Monday are considered to be in week 0. | 00, 01, …, 53 |
| %c | Locale’s appropriate date and time representation. | Tue Aug 16 21:30:00 1988 (en\_US); Di 16 Aug 21:30:00 1988 (de\_DE) |
| %x | Locale’s appropriate date representation. | 08/16/88 (None); 08/16/1988 (en\_US); 16.08.1988 (de\_DE) |
| %X | Locale’s appropriate time representation. | 21:30:00 (en\_US); 21:30:00 (de\_DE) |

### How to Get Name of Month in Python

To get name of the month, we can use `strftime` method with `datetime` module.

```python
# Month Name using Python
from datetime import datetime

today = datetime.today()
month_full = today.strftime("%B")
month_short = today.strftime("%b")

print("Today:", today)
print("Month in Full:", month_full)
print("Month in Short:", month_short)

"""
OUTPUT:

Today: 2022-10-30 16:56:49.644084
Month in Full: October
Month in Short: Oct
"""
```

### How to Get Name of Weekday in Python

To get name of the week-day, we can use `strftime` method with `datetime` module.

```python
# Week-Day Name using Python
from datetime import datetime

today = datetime.today()
day_full = today.strftime("%A")
day_short = today.strftime("%a")

print("Today:", today)
print("Day in Full:", day_full)
print("Day in Short:", day_short)

"""
OUTPUT:

Today: 2022-10-30 17:01:19.545097
Day in Full: Sunday
Day in Short: Sun

"""
```

### Combine Multiple Format Codes in strftime() Method

So how to show date in a specific format. We can use any special character to separate **format codes**. To use **%** we have to write **%%**.

```python
# Custom Date
from datetime import datetime

today = datetime.today()
custom_date = today.strftime("%d %B, %Y")

print("Today:", today)
print("Custom Date:", custom_date)

"""
OUTPUT:

Today: 2022-10-30 17:14:15.280584
Custom Date: 30 October, 2022
"""
```