How to get the Current Year in Python

Getting the current year is a common operation in any programming language.
In this post, we'll learn how to get the current year in Python.
Getting the current year
The recommended way to get the current year in Python is to use the datetime
module.
This module gives you built-in functions for working with dates and times.
We can use this module to import the date
class and then use the today
method to get today.
From there, we just need to use the year
method to get the year.
Let's see this in action:
import datetime
current_year = datetime.date.today().year
print(current_year)
2022
The year is returned to us in a four-digit format as a string.
If you want it as a number, you'll have to convert it to an integer.
import datetime
current_year = int(datetime.date.today().year)
print(current_year)
2022
Conclusion
In this post, we looked at the recommended way to get the current year in Python.
Simply import the datetime
module and use its built-in functionality to get the current year.
Hopefully, this has been helpful to you. Thanks for reading!
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