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Hamzah Akhtar
Hamzah Akhtar

Reputation: 525

How to check what month it is? Python

I am writing a code which assigns certain data to different seasons. What I want is for the program to print the various data depending on what month it currently is.

Autumn = 'September'
Autumn = 'October'
Autumn = 'November'
Autumn = 'December'
Autumn = 'January' #(The start Jan 01)
Spring = 'January' #(Jan 02 onwards)
Spring = 'February'
Spring = 'March'
Spring = 'April' #(The start April 04)
Summer = 'April' #(April 05 onwards)
Summer = 'May'
Summer = 'June'
Summer = 'July'

Upvotes: 6

Views: 15080

Answers (4)

Lily Mara
Lily Mara

Reputation: 4138

You can use the strftime() function from the time module. This will store the current month in a variable called current_month.

from time import strftime
current_month = strftime('%B')

If you want to get the current season from this, try this function:

def get_season(month):
    seasons = {
    'Autumn': ['September', 'October', 'November', 'December', 'January'],
    'Spring': ['January', 'February', 'March', 'April'],
    'Summer': ['April', 'May', 'June', 'July']
    }

    for season in seasons:
        if month in seasons[season]:
            return season
    return 'Invalid input month'

Currently, this will not solve the date conflicts that you specified, as any day in January will return 'Autumn', and any day in April will get you 'Spring'.

Upvotes: 10

user2555451
user2555451

Reputation:

You can use datetime.datetime.now:

>>> from datetime import datetime
>>> datetime.now().month  # As a number
4
>>> datetime.now().strftime("%B")  # As a name
'April'
>>> datetime.now().strftime("%b")  # As an abbreviated name
'Apr'
>>>

Upvotes: 5

roxdurazo
roxdurazo

Reputation: 775

whit import datetime you can use datetime.date.today() and return Current date or datetime

Upvotes: -1

Joran Beasley
Joran Beasley

Reputation: 114108

time.strftime("%b")

will tell you the current month (abbreviation)

time.strftime("%m")

will give you the numeric month (ie 1 = Jan / 12 = Dec)

(or even better)

datetime.datetime.now().month

as that will give you an actual integer instead of a string (be for-warned though January is 0)

Upvotes: 7

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