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Modules – datetime, math
Datetime:
Python has a module named datetime to work with dates and times.
It provides a variety of classes for representing and manipulating dates and
times, as well as formatting and parsing dates and times in a variety of formats.
Example 1: Get Current Date and Time
import datetime
# get the current date and time
now = datetime.datetime.now()
print(now)
Output
2023-03-08 09:31:26.137671
Here, we have imported the datetime module using the import
datetime statement.
One of the classes defined in the datetime module is the datetime class.
We then used the now() method to create a datetime object containing the
current local date and time.
Example 2: Get Current Date
import datetime
# get current date
current_date = datetime.date.today()
print(current_date)
Output
2023-03-08
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In the above example, we have used the today() method defined in
the date class to get a date object containing the current local date.
Example: Print today's year, month and day
We can get year, month, day, day of the week etc. from the date object easily.
For example,
from datetime import date
# date object of today's date
today = date.today()
print("Current year:", today.year)
print("Current month:", today.month)
print("Current day:", today.day)
Output
Current year: 2023
Current month: 3
Current day: 8
Math Module:
Python has a built-in math module.
It is a standard module, so we don't need to install it separately.
We only have to import it into the program we want to use.
We can import the module, like any other module of Python, using import math
to implement the functions to perform mathematical operations.
This module does not support complex datatypes.
It gives access to the underlying C library functions. For example,
# Square root calculation
import math
math.sqrt(4)
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Functions in Python Math Module
Here is the list of some of the functions and attributes defined in math module
with a brief explanation of what they do.
List of Functions in Python Math Module
Function Description
ceil(x) Returns the smallest integer greater than or equal to x.
fabs(x) Returns the absolute value of x
factorial(x) Returns the factorial of x
floor(x) Returns the largest integer less than or equal to x
isinf(x) Returns True if x is a positive or negative infinity
modf(x) Returns the fractional and integer parts of x
trunc(x) Returns the truncated integer value of x
exp(x) Returns e**x
pow(x, y) Returns x raised to the power y
sqrt(x) Returns the square root of x
acos(x) Returns the arc cosine of x
asin(x) Returns the arc sine of x
atan(x) Returns the arc tangent of x
cos(x) Returns the cosine of x
sin(x) Returns the sine of x
tan(x) Returns the tangent of x
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degrees(x) Converts angle x from radians to degrees
radians(x) Converts angle x from degrees to radians
Mathematical constant, the ratio of circumference of a circle to it's diameter
pi
(3.14159...)
e mathematical constant e (2.71828...)
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