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get current encoding

code:

import sys
print(sys.stdout.encoding)

example output:

UTF-8

parsing a (german) date

code:

from datetime import datetime
date = '24.11.1986 03:07:00'
date_standard = datetime.strptime(date, '%d.%m.%Y %H:%M:%S')
print(date_standard)    

example output:

1986-11-24 03:07:00

formating a date to a german date

code:

from datetime import datetime
date = '1986-11-24 03:07:00'
date_formated = date_standard.strftime('%d.%m.%Y um %H:%M Uhr')
print(date_formated)

example output:

24.11.1986 um 03:07 Uhr

getting the PID of current script

code:

import os
thisScriptPid = str(os.getpid())
print(thisScriptPid)

example output:

9112