Python: Get Todays date in yyyy-MM-dd format

In order to get today's date in yyyy-MM-dd format in Python we can make use of the datetime module.

datetime module contains classes for manipulating dates and times.

Example 1:

from datetime import date

todays_date_yyyy_MM_dd = str(date.today())

print(todays_date_yyyy_MM_dd)

Output:

2023-07-6

As yyyy-MM-dd is the ISO standard format for date, you can also make use of the date.isoformat() function which will return a string representing the date in ISO 8601.

Example 2:

from datetime import date

todays_date_iso_format = date.today().isoformat()

print(todays_date_iso_format)

Output:

2023-07-6