[python] In Python, how to display current time in readable format

How can I display the current time as:

12:18PM EST on Oct 18, 2010

in Python. Thanks.

All you need is in the documentation.

import time
time.strftime('%X %x %Z')
'16:08:12 05/08/03 AEST'

By using this code, you'll get your live time zone.

import datetime
now = datetime.datetime.now()
print ("Current date and time : ")
print (now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"))

import time
time.strftime('%H:%M%p %Z on %b %d, %Y')

This may come in handy

You could do something like:

>>> from time import gmtime, strftime
>>> strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S +0000", gmtime())
'Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:17:15 +0000'

The full doc on the % codes are at http://docs.python.org/library/time.html

Take a look at the facilities provided by the time module

You have several conversion functions there.

Edit: see the datetime module for more OOP-like solutions. The time library linked above is kinda imperative.