[SOLVED] Alternative to regex to extract date from whole timestamp?

[rob101]

I put this together, for my own reference, but if it's of help, then you're welcome to it.

import time

hr = '{}{}{}'.format('\n'*2,'-'*50,'\n') #horizontal rule

print('''time.gmtime(0): returns system’s epoch setting:
The starting point against which you can measure the
passage of time.
''')
system_epoch = time.gmtime()
print(system_epoch,hr)

print('''time.time() returns the number of seconds
that have passed since the epoch; return value is a
floating point number to account for fractional seconds:
''')
tt = time.time()
print(tt,hr)

print('''time.ctime() will return a string object
representation of the time and date based on the
number of seconds since epoch, or the current time
and date, if nothing is passed to the function.

The string representation of time, also known as a
timestamp, returned by ctime() is formatted with the
following structure:

    1: Day of the week
    2: Month of the year
    3: Day of the month
    4: Hours, minutes, and seconds using the 24-hour
       clock notation
    5: Year
''')
tc = time.ctime(1660867200)

print('''Note: time.ctime(0) may not return the same timestamp
on every computer system
''')

print('''For details about time zones, see:
https://realpython.com/python-time-module/
''')
print(tc,hr)