Earlier we have seen how to get the date part alone from the current datetime. Now we will see how to convert the date object to an USA traditional MM/DD/YYYY string format. The easiest way to format the date object is to use the date.strptime() method. Here is an example.
## Convert date to MM/DD/YYYY format in Python
import datetime
current_day = datetime.date.today()
print("\n Default Date Object:", current_day, "\n")
formatted_date = datetime.date.strftime(current_day, "%m/%d/%Y")
print("\n Formatted Date String:", formatted_date, "\n")
Reference
- About strftime() method at Python Docs.