How do I get the current time?

Use datetime:

>>> import datetime
>>> now = datetime.datetime.now()
>>> now
datetime.datetime(2009, 1, 6, 15, 8, 24, 78915)
>>> print(now)
2009-01-06 15:08:24.789150

For just the clock time without the date:

>>> now.time()
datetime.time(15, 8, 24, 78915)
>>> print(now.time())
15:08:24.789150

To save typing, you can import the datetime object from the datetime module:

>>> from datetime import datetime

Then remove the prefix datetime. from all of the above.

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