python> datetime> Get the datetime (eg 20151130) format string> print today.strftime ("% Y% m% d") / print "{:% Y% m% d}" .format ( today)

I want to receive November 30, 2015 as the string 20151130.

Reference SO

There are various methods, but it seems that it can be done by the following two methods.

http://ideone.com/i1SNzk

test.py

import datetime
today = datetime.date.today()
print today

print today.strftime("%Y%m%d")
print "{:%Y%m%d}".format(today)

result

Success	time: 0.03 memory: 44680 signal:0
2015-11-30
20151130
20151130

.format () hesitates to use from the following two points.

1. Need:
2. Write .format (today) (opposite to today.format ())

.strftime () seems to be easier to remember.