How can I get today's date in Python in the YYYY-MM-DD format?

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How can I get today’s date in Python in the YYYY-MM-DD format?

Is there a cleaner or more efficient way than using the following code?

str(datetime.datetime.today()).split()[0]
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Hi Sakshi,

You can use the strftime method to get today’s date in the YYYY-MM-DD format:

from datetime import datetime
print(datetime.today().strftime('%Y-%m-%d'))

Output:

2021-01-26

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If you only need the date (without time), you can directly use date.today:

from datetime import date
print(date.today().isoformat())

Output: 2021-01-26