1. from datetime import datetime
dt = datetime.now()
test_name = "-" + str(dt.hour) + str(dt.minute) + str(dt.second)
datetime.datetime.now()
A better one:
test_name = "-" + datetime.now().strftime("%H%M%S")
2.
>>> from time import gmtime, strftime
>>> strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S +0000", gmtime())
Output: 'Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:54:56 +0000'