Date Function and Conversion

Common usage



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import datetime
from datetime import date



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# Current date
date.today()









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datetime.date(2017, 10, 2)



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# Save date into a variable 
d = date.today()
print('Today is ', d)









    



Today is  2017-10-02



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# Convert to date if you have year, month and date
d = datetime.date(2017, 5, 18)
print('Date is ', d)









    



Date is  2017-05-18



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# Convert date into ISO format
d.isoformat()









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'2017-05-18'



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# Date format in 'Day DD. MON YYYY'
d.strftime("%A %d. %B %Y")









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'Thursday 18. May 2017'



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# Date format in 'Day, DD-MON-YYYY'
d.strftime("%A, %d-%B-%Y")









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'Thursday, 18-May-2017'



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# Calculate the date 7 days back from today
diffDate = date.today() - datetime.timedelta(days=7)
print('The date 7 days ago ', diffDate)









    



The date 7 days ago  2017-09-25



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