# A Date With the Datetime Module in Python | Part - 1

We can extract **current date** using two classes.

1. Using `date` class
    

```python
from datetime import date

today = date.today()
```

2. Using `datetime` class
    

```python
from datetime import datetime

today = datetime.today()
```

**OR**

```python
from datetime import datetime

now = datetime.now()
```

The main difference between [`date.today`](http://date.today)`()` and [`datetime.today`](http://datetime.today)`()` is that **date** class just return the date object. Whereas, **datetime** class returns not only date but time as well.

## Extract Current Day, Month and Year using Python

```python
today = datetime.today()

print(f"Today: {today}")
print(f"Year: {today.year}")
print(f"Month: {today.month}")
print(f"Day: {today.day}")
```

**OUTPUT:**

```bash
Today: 2022-10-22 17:13:37.918735
Year: 2022
Month: 10
Day: 22
```

## Extract Day of the Week using Python

```python
today = datetime.today()

print(f"Today: {today}")
print(f"Weekday: {today.weekday()}")

"""
OUTPUT:

Today: 2022-10-22 17:32:48.396792
Weekday: 5
"""
```

This **weekday()** method will work with both the `date` and `datetime` class.

> Note: Here, weekday() method will return index between **0** to **6**.

## Extract Current Time using Python

```python
today = datetime.now()

print(f"Today: {today}")
print(f"Hour: {today.hour}")
print(f"Minute: {today.minute}")
print(f"Second: {today.second}")
```

**OUTPUT:**

```bash
Today: 2022-10-22 17:41:01.076569
Hour: 17
Minute: 41
Second: 1
```