Working with time in Python

time_reference.py

import datetime
import time

# get current date in format yymmdd; useful for naming files
today = datetime.date.today().strftime("%y%m%d")

# get current unix time in seconds as integer
now = int(time.time())

# get time at midnight for current day in seconds as integer
midnight = int(datetime.date.today().strftime("%s"))