How to get a current year in Python

In this tutorial, we are going to learn about how to get the current year in Python.

Getting the current year

To get the current year in Python, first we need to import the date class from the datetime module and call a today().year property on it.

The year property returns the current year in four-digit(2023) string format according to the user’s local time.

Here is an example:

from datetime import date

current_year = date.today().year
print(current_year)

Output:

2023