Python: Display the date and time in a human-friendly string

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Write a Python program to display the date and time in a human-friendly string.

Sample Solution:

Python Code:

# Import the time module
import time
# Print an empty line
print()
# Print the current time in a human-readable format
print(time.ctime())
# Print an empty line
print()

Output:

Mon May  8 13:04:35 2017 

Explanation:

In the exercise above,

• The code imports the "time" module, which provides various functions for working with time-related tasks in Python.
• It prints an empty line using the "print()" function. This is just for formatting purposes to add a blank line before the next output.
• It prints the current time using the "ctime()" function from the "time" module. This function returns a string representing the current local time in a human-readable format.
• Next it prints another empty line using the "print()" function.

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