import mysql.connector
cnx = mysql.connector.connect(user='scott', password='tiger',
               host='127.0.0.1',
               database='employees')
cnx.close()

import datetime
import mysql.connector
cnx = mysql.connector.connect(user='scott', database='employees')
cursor = cnx.cursor()
query = ("SELECT first_name, last_name, hire_date FROM employees "
     "WHERE hire_date BETWEEN %s AND %s")
hire_start = datetime.date(1999, 1, 1)
hire_end = datetime.date(1999, 12, 31)
cursor.execute(query, (hire_start, hire_end))
for (first_name, last_name, hire_date) in cursor:
 print("{}, {} was hired on {:%d %b %Y}".format(
  last_name, first_name, hire_date))
cursor.close()
cnx.close()

import time
filename = 'page_list_'+str(time.strftime("%Y%m%d"))+'.txt'
output = open(filename,'w')
output.write(str(page_title).lstrip('(b\'').rstrip('\',)')+"\n")
output.close()