Source code for sensortoolkit.datetime_utils._format_date

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
This module contains a method for returning a string indicating the current date
in YYMMDD format.

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@Author:
  | Samuel Frederick, NSSC Contractor (ORAU)
  | U.S. EPA / ORD / CEMM / AMCD / SFSB

Created:
  Fri May  8 09:18:52 2020
Last Updated:
  Wed Jul 14 08:36:29 2021
"""
import pandas as pd


[docs]def get_todays_date(fmt='%y%m%d'): """Returns a string for today's date in YYMMDD format. Returns: formatted_date (str): String for the date in YYMMDD format. """ datetime = pd.Timestamp.now() formatted_date = datetime.strftime(fmt) return formatted_date