Need help on datetime manipulation in python

Question

import datetime
today = datetime.date.today()
print ('Today is: ' + str(today))

//returns Today is: 2016-10-06

How could I manipulate the output to look like this: "Today is: October 6, 2016"

Have you tried looking at the [documentation](https://docs.python.org/2/library/datetime.html#strftime-and-strptime-behavior)? — juanpa.arrivillaga, Oct 06 '16 at 20:07
I realize the question asks for python but this is a super simple one liner in bash: `echo "Today is: $(date +'%B%e, %Y')"` — I0_ol, Oct 06 '16 at 20:17

uv.nikita · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-06T20:20:11.963

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Based on datetime.strftime() documentation:

import datetime
today = datetime.date.today()
print('Today is: ' + today.strftime("%B %d, %Y")) # Today is: October 06, 2016

Where:

edited Oct 06 '16 at 20:20

answered Oct 06 '16 at 20:15

uv.nikita

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 06 '16 at 20:16

Modified your program slightly using strftime(' %B %d %Y')

Working Code

import datetime
today = datetime.date.today().strftime(' %B %d %Y')

print ('Today is: ' + today)

OUTPUT:

> ================================ RESTART =========================
Today is:  October 06 2016
>

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 06 '16 at 20:19

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import datetime
today = datetime.date.today()

print ('Today is: ' + today.strftime("%B %d , %Y"))

answered Oct 06 '16 at 20:19

Ritesh Khichadia

While this code snippet may answer the question, it doesn't provide any context to explain how or why. Consider adding a sentence or two to explain your answer. – brandonscript Oct 07 '16 at 03:25

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