Introduction
Numbers
Date and time
Padding and Alignment
Instruction
Great! Now let's see how we can format datetime variables:
from datetime import datetime
my_birthday_party = datetime(2018, 10, 3, 16, 0, 0)
'{:%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S}'.format(my_birthday_party)
Result: 2018-10-03 16:00:00
That's quite a long placeholder, but it allows us to precisely define the datetime elements we want to show as well as their exact order:
Note that the whole placeholder must contain a colon (:) after the opening bracket, {.
Naturally, you can also change the elements to get other formatting styles:
'{:%H:%M, %d.%m.%Y}'.format(my_birthday_party)
Result: 16:00, 03.10.2018
Exercise
Use the datetime variable provided in the template, and print the following sentence:
The concert will start at 19:00, 15.06.2018!
Stuck? Here's a hint!
Use the following placeholder:
{:%H:%M, %d.%m.%Y}
