pymel.core.system.date

static system.date(*args, **kwargs)

Returns information about current time and date. Use the predefined formats, or the -formatflag to specify the output format.

Flags:

Long name (short name)		Argument Types	Properties
date (d)		bool
	Returns the current date. Format is YYYY/MM/DD
format (f)		unicode
	Specifies a string defining how the date and time should be represented. All occurences of the keywords below will be replaced with the corresponding values: KeywordBecomesYYYYCurrent year, using 4 digitsYYLast two digits of the current yearMMCurrent month, with leading 0 if necessaryDDCurrent day, with leading 0 if necessaryhhCurrent hour, with leading 0 if necessarymmCurrent minute, with leading 0 if necessaryssCurrent second, with leading 0 if necessaryFlag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.
shortDate (sd)		bool
	Returns the current date. Format is MM/DD
shortTime (st)		bool
	Returns the current time. Format is hh:mm
time (t)		bool
	Returns the current time. Format is hh:mm:ss

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.date

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

# Get the current date and time
pm.date()
# Result: u'2010/01/07 23:13:12' #
# Get only the month and day
pm.date( shortDate=True )
# Result: u'01/07' #
# Get the date and time in a fancy format
pm.date( format='Year is YY (or YYYY), month is MM, day is DD. And it is now hh:mm:ss' )
# Result: u'Year is 10 (or 2010), month is 01, day is 07. And it is now 23:13:12' #