using format for datetime objects

''' format_datetime101.py
use format() on datetime objects
'''

import datetime as dt

now = dt.datetime.now()
print(type(now))
#print(now)

print(format(now, '%A %B %d, %Y'))   # tip from raymondh
# or ...
print("{:%A %B %d, %Y}".format(now)) # tip from Gribouillis

''' example result ...
<class 'datetime.datetime'>
Wednesday September 25, 2013
Wednesday September 25, 2013
'''