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March 31, 2020 22:18
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Use python's time library to print the date as a single string in m/d/y format, GMT. Useful for adding timestamps to filenames
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| import time | |
| def get_timestamp(): | |
| """ | |
| Print the date in m/d/y format, GMT | |
| >>> get_timestamp() | |
| '3_31_2020' | |
| """ | |
| t = time.gmtime() | |
| month, day, year = str(t.tm_mon), str(t.tm_mday), str(t.tm_year) | |
| return "_".join([month, day, year]) | |
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