python method - strftime()
%%
A literal '%' character. %
%-d
Day of the month as a decimal number. (Platform specific) 30
%d
Day of the month as a zero-padded decimal number. 30
%-j
Day of the year as a decimal number. (Platform specific) 273
%j
Day of the year as a zero-padded decimal number. 273
%-I
Hour (12-hour clock) as a decimal number. (Platform specific) 7
%I
Hour (12-hour clock) as a zero-padded decimal number. 07
%-H
Hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number. (Platform specific) 7
%H
Hour (24-hour clock) as a zero-padded decimal number. 07
%c
Locale's appropriate date and time representation. Mon Sep 30 07:06:05 2013
%x
Locale's appropriate date representation. 09/30/13
%X
Locale's appropriate time representation. 07:06:05
%p
Locale's equivalent of either AM or PM. AM
%f
Microsecond as a decimal number, zero-padded on the left. 000000
%-M
Minute as a decimal number. (Platform specific) 6
%M
Minute as a zero-padded decimal number. 06
%-m
Month as a decimal number. (Platform specific) 9
%m
Month as a zero-padded decimal number. 09
%b
Month as locale's abbreviated name. Sep
%B
Month as locale's full name. September
%-S
Second as a decimal number. (Platform specific) 5
%S
Second as a zero-padded decimal number. 05
%Z
Time zone name (empty string if the object is naive).
%z
UTC offset in the form +HHMM or -HHMM (empty string if the the object is naive).
%W
Week number of the year (Monday as the first day of the week) as a decimal number. All days in a new year preceding the first Monday are considered to be in week 0. 39
%U
Week number of the year (Sunday as the first day of the week) as a zero padded decimal number. All days in a new year preceding the first Sunday are considered to be in week 0. 39
%w
Weekday as a decimal number, where 0 is Sunday and 6 is Saturday. 1
%a
Weekday as locale's abbreviated name. Mon
%A
Weekday as locale's full name. Monday
%Y
Year with century as a decimal number. 2013
%y
Year without century as a zero-padded decimal number. 13
time.strftime()
converts a tuple or struct_time representing a time as returned by gmtime() or localtime() to a string as specified by the format argument.