%A in time.strftime(%A)

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%A in time.strftime(%A)

Dec 19th, 2007

Hey guys,

I'm following a tutorial on Python and I came across this in one of the examples.

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import time

today = time.localtime(time.time())
theDate = time.strftime("%A %B %d", today)

print today
print theDate

Result:

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(2007, 12, 20, 9, 48, 15, 3, 354, 1)
Thursday December 20

can someone explain to me the %A and the %B?

Thanks.

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Re: %A in time.strftime(%A)

Dec 19th, 2007

quoting from the documentation of the time module in Python docs,

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%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. (1)
%S Second as a decimal number [00,61]. (2)
%U Week number of the year (Sunday as the first day of the week) as a decimal number [00,53]. All days in a new year preceding the first Sunday are considered to be in week 0. (3)
%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. (3)
%x Locale's appropriate date representation.
%X Locale's appropriate time representation.
%y Year without century as a decimal number [00,99].
%Y Year with century as a decimal number.
%Z Time zone name (no characters if no time zone exists).
%% A literal "%" character.