getdate# getdate(obj=None, astype='str', dateformat=None)[source]# Alias for converting a date object to a formatted string. See also sc.now(). Parameters: obj (datetime) – the datetime object to convert astype (str) – what to return; choices are “str” (default), “dateobj”, “float” (full timestamp), “int” (timestamp to second precision) dateformat (str) – if astype is 'str', use this output format Examples: sc.getdate() # Returns a string for the current date sc.getdate(astype='float') # Convert today's time to a timestamp