Printing month and date using python

Question

I am trying to print only the month and date in python as following :

09-December
08-October

How could I do that?

A good start would be writing some code. Please show us what you have attempted so far, and explain the problem that you are having with it. — SiHa, Dec 09 '16 at 08:45
Read this: https://docs.python.org/3.6/library/datetime.html — ctrl-alt-delete, Dec 09 '16 at 08:59

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 09 '16 at 08:31

9

Try this

import datetime
now = datetime.datetime.now()
print now.strftime("%d-%B")

For more information on this : strftime

answered Dec 09 '16 at 08:31

Sankar

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 09 '16 at 08:58

2

from datetime import datetime
dt = datetime.strptime("09/12/16", "%d/%m/%y")
dt.strftime("%d-%B")

answered Dec 09 '16 at 08:58

ctrl-alt-delete

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 09 '16 at 08:30

1

from datetime import date

d = date(2016, 12, 9)
d.strftime("%d - %A")
# 9 - Friday
# month day year
#d.strftime("%A %d %B %Y")

answered Dec 09 '16 at 08:30

metmirr

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