Django - present current date and time in template

Question

How can one present current data and time in django's template?

Ingathering

Answer 1

Try using built-in django template tags and filters: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/stable/ref/templates/builtins/#now

Examples:

It is {% now "jS F Y H:i" %}
It is {% now "SHORT_DATETIME_FORMAT" %}

Berkin

There is an option to translate this built-in templates ? – Backfire

@Backfire modify the language in settings.py – Mendes

To complement this answer: if you need the current date as a variable (date or datetime instead of just a str) you can find a few options in this answer I wrote some time ago. – Highly

can this display days like Sunday to Monday? – Nicholas

Answer 2

The full list of datetime formats can be found in the docs. Using the format options there, you can construct the current datetime in whatever format you want. For example,

It is {% now "l, F j, Y g:i A" %}.

displays

It is Wednesday, September 27, 2023 11:58 PM.

on the webpage, and

It is {% now "" %}.

It is {% now "N j, Y" %}.

both display

It is Sept. 28, 2023.

Chorion