How to get the current date and time in Python

If you want just the current date, simply use the today() method from the date imported from the datetime module.

from datetime import date

current_date = date.today()
print(current_date)

2020-05-02

If you want the current date and also the time, use the now() method from datetime.

from datetime import datetime

current_datetime = datetime.now()

print(current_datetime)

2020-05-02 11:29:23.993047