datetime formatting

Oct, 14 2024

datetime.strftime(format) returns a string according to format
datetime.isoformat() returns a string formatted as YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.ffffff
datetime.strptime(date_string, format) returns a datetime object corresponding to date_string, parsed according to format
<datetime>.date() recasts a datetime object to a date object

	Meaning	Example
`%y`	Year (2 digit)	00, 01, ..., 99
`%Y`	Year (4 digit)	2024, 2025, ...., 9999
`%b`	Month (abbreviated)	Jan, Feb, ..., Dec
`%B`	Month (full)	January, February, ..., December
`%m`	Month (zero padded number)	01, 02, ..., 12
`%d`	Day of the month (zero padded number)	01, 02, ..., 31
`%a`	Weekday (abbreviated)	Sun, Mon, ..., Sat
`%A`	Weekday (full)	Sunday, Monday, ..., Saturday
`%H`	Hour (24 hour, zero padded)	00, 01, ..., 23
`%I`	Hour (12 hour, zero padded)	01, 02, ..., 12
`%p`	AM or PM	AM, PM
`%M`	Minute (zero padded)	00, 01, ..., 59
`%S`	Second (zero padded)	00, 01, ..., 59
`%f`	Microsecond (zero padded to 6 digits)	000000, 000001, ..., 999999
`%z`	UTC offset (+/-HHMM)	+0000, -0400, +1030, ...
`%Z`	Time zone name	(empty), UTC, GMT