dates

#
# Example file for working with date information
#
from datetime import date
from datetime import time
from datetime import datetime

def main():
	## DATE OBJECTS
	# Get today's date from the simple today() method from the date class
	today = date.today()
	print("Today's date is ", today)

	# print out the date's individual components
	print("Date components: ", today.day, today.month, today.year)

	# retrieve today's weekday (0=Monday, ="Sunday")
	print("Today's weekday # is: ", today.weekday())
	days = ["mon", "tue", "wed", "thur", "fri", "sat", "sun"]
	print("Which is a: ", days[today.weekday()])

	## DATETIME OBJECTS
	# Get today's date from datetime class
	today = datetime.now()
	print("The current date and time is: ", today)

	# Get the current time
	t = datetime.time(datetime.now())
	print(t)

if __name__ == "__main__":
	main()