Datetime current year and month in Python

Question

I must have the current year and month in datetime.

I use this:

datem = datetime.today().strftime("%Y-%m")
datem = datetime.strptime(datem, "%Y-%m")

Is there maybe another way?

Answer 1

Use:

from datetime import datetime
today = datetime.today()
datem = datetime(today.year, today.month, 1)

I assume you want the first of the month.