$ python3
Python 3.6.8 (default, Oct 7 2019, 12:59:55)
[GCC 8.3.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import datetime
>>> today = datetime.date.today()
>>> today.strftime("%A, %B %d, %Y")
'Wednesday, November 20, 2019'
>>>
The following seems to work in Python 3.6:
$ python3
Python 3.6.8 (default, Oct 7 2019, 12:59:55)
[GCC 8.3.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import datetime
>>> today = datetime.date.today()
>>> today.strftime("%A, %B %d, %Y")
'Wednesday, November 20, 2019'
>>>