You can try Import time mytimeymd = time.strftime('%y%m%d')
print mytimeymd -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of frankrentef Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 1:21 PM To: python-list@python.org Subject: Using strftime I have one line of code that put's an old date in my code. ie.textBoxSet('_ct10_PlaceHolder_txtEnd', '8/15/2008') What I wish to do in another similiar line is have the field populated with the current system date? How best to do this? I've read some of the strftime documentation but as of yet I'm unable to get it to work correctly. Help is appreciated. THNX -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list