Extract two digit month part in field calculator

Question

i use datepart() to extract year and  month from current date and populate a field with "YYYYMM". but month parameter in datepart function doesnt allow setting it to always have two digits.

how can i extract month as MM as default? (for example March would be '03' instade of '3')

thanks

ofer

DanPatterson · Answer

Calculate Field Python examples—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation has examples

Expression:
!field1!.strftime("%m/%d/%Y, %H:%M:%S")

shows all the parts and the result

'02/22/2021, 10:15:00'

so as Jayanta says, you just need to parse the bits in the order you want

!field1!.strftime("%Y%m")

Where field1 is your field containing the data and your output field is a text field.

Note datetime and time are always available in the field calculator

JayantaPoddar · Answer

Does the following expression (Python Parser) work for you on a TEXT field?

str(time.strftime('%Y%m'))

If it doesn't, please provide a few more details

- What type of feature class (Shapefile, File GDB Feature Class, Enterprise FC-Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, etc.)?

- What expression have you got so far? Screenshot would help.

- Version of ArcGIS Pro?