On May 2, 12:03 pm, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, HMS Surprise > wrote: > > > I wish to generate a datetime string that has the following format. > > '05/02/2007 12:46'. The leading zeros are required. > > > I found '14.2 time' in the library reference and have pulled in > > localtime. Are there any formatting functions available or do I need > > to make my own? Perhaps there is something similar to C's printf > > formatting. > > You mean like `time.strftime()`!? :-) > > Ciao, > Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
Thanks for posting. I think I have an import misconception. I use import from time localtime, strftime t = strftime('%m/%d/%Y %H:%M', localtime()) This works. How would one use it with the module name pre-pended? thanx, jvh -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list