dates.py

# formats
#  %a	Weekday, short version	Wed
#  %A	Weekday, full version	Wednesday
#  %w	Weekday as a number 0-6, 0 is Sunday	3
#  %d	Day of month 01-31	31
#  %b	Month name, short version	Dec
#  %B	Month name, full version	December
#  %m	Month as a number 01-12	12
#  %y	Year, short version, without century	18
#  %Y	Year, full version	2018
#  %H	Hour 00-23	17
#  %I	Hour 00-12	05
#  %p	AM/PM	PM
#  %M	Minute 00-59	41
#  %S	Second 00-59	08
#  %f	Microsecond 000000-999999	548513
#  %z	UTC offset	+0100
#  %Z	Timezone	CST
#  %j	Day number of year 001-366	365
#  %U	Week number of year, Sunday as the first day of week, 00-53	52
#  %W	Week number of year, Monday as the first day of week, 00-53	52
#  %c	Local version of date and time	Mon Dec 31 17:41:00 2018
#  %x	Local version of date	12/31/18
#  %X	Local version of time	17:41:00
#  %%	A % character	%
#  %G	ISO 8601 year	2018
#  %u	ISO 8601 weekday (1-7)	1
#  %V	ISO 8601 week number (01-53)	01

import datetime

x = datetime.datetime.now()
print(x)
print(x.year)
print(x.strftime("%A"))
print(x.strftime("%B"))

# create

x = datetime.datetime(2020, 5, 17)

print(x)  # 2020-05-17 00:00:00