from datetime import date
dt = date.today()
print(dt) # 2019-09-16
Getting day , month , year and weekday
Commonly used instances
from datetime import date
print("Today day : ",date.today().day)
print("Today month : ",date.today().month)
print("Today year : ",date.today().year)
print("Today weekday : ",date.today().weekday())
Output
Today day : 16
Today month : 9
Today year : 2019
Today weekday : 0