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Common Python datetime formatting strings
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datetime_formatting.py
# A complete list of available directives id available on:
# https://docs.python.org/2/library/datetime.html#strftime-and-strptime-behavior
from datetime import datetime
now = datetime.now()
print now.strftime('%d. %b %Y') # 17. Sep 2014
print now.strftime('%d.%m.%y') # 17.09.14
#"%D %d %M %Y" -> 'Wed 09 Jan 2008'
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