localtime(), date and time

Print the current date:

#!/usr/bin/env python
import time

tm = time.localtime()
print( "%4d-%02d-%02d" % ( tm.tm_year, tm.tm_mon, tm.tm_mday))

#
# produces: 2016-12-08
#

Here is the complete localtime structure:

(tm_year=2010, tm_mon=11, tm_mday=3, tm_hour=14, 
 tm_min=18, tm_sec=34, tm_wday=2, tm_yday=307, tm_isdst=0)