Python: time.strftime: Convert time values to string

time.strftime(format[, t])
By using standard formatting operators, we can convert time tuple (struct_time) to a string.

Format string	Description
%a	Locale’s abbreviated weekday name
%A	Locale’s full weekday name.
%b	Locale’s abbreviated month name.
%B	Locale’s full month name.
%c	Locale’s appropriate date and time representation.
%d	Day of the month as a decimal number [01,31].
%H	Hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number [00,23].
%I	Hour (12-hour clock) as a decimal number [01,12].
%j	Day of the year as a decimal number [001,366].
%m	Month as a decimal number [01,12].
%M	Minute as a decimal number [00,59].
%p	Locale’s equivalent of either AM or PM.
%S	Second as a decimal number [00,61].
%U	Week number of the years[0-53]
%w	Weekday as a decimal number [0(Sunday),6].
%W	Week number of the year (Monday as the first day of the week) as a decimal number [00,53]. All days in a new year preceding the first Monday are considered to be in week 0.
%x	Locale’s appropriate date representation.
%X	Locale’s appropriate time representation.
%y	Year without century as a decimal number
%Y	Year with century as a decimal number.
%z	Time zone offset indicating a positive or negative time difference from UTC/GMT of the form +HHMM or -HHMM, where H represents decimal hour digits and M represents decimal minute digits [-23:59, +23:59].
%Z	Time zone name (no characters if no time zone exists).       %%   A literal '%' character.

>>> import time
>>> now = time.localtime(time.time())
>>> 
>>> print(time.strftime("%y/%m/%d %H:%M", now))
15/11/10 10:34
>>> 
>>> print(time.strftime("%y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S", now))
15/11/10 10:34:03
>>> 
>>> print(time.strftime("%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S", now))
2015/11/10 10:34:03

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