>>> import time
>>> from time import gmtime, strftime


get local date and time
>>> time.asctime( time.localtime(time.time()) )
'Thu Nov 27 18:25:11 2014'

>>> strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
'2014-11-27 18:28:35'

get GMT time
>>> strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", gmtime())
'2014-11-27 17:25:49'