How to format Django's timezone.now()

Question

I am trying to autofill a django datetimefield using a timezone aware date. Using Django's timezone.now() outputs Aug. 21, 2019, 5:57 a.m.. How can I convert this to 2019-08-21 14:30:59 ?

Answer 1

If you want to do the transformation on the backend you can use Django's built in utility dateformat.

from django.utils import timezone, dateformat

formatted_date = dateformat.format(timezone.now(), 'Y-m-d H:i:s')

Answer 2

You can use the code below:

from datetime import datetime

date_string = datetime.strftime(timezone.now(), '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%s')

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