Datetime

python will handle dates from january 1st 1 to december 31st 9999

• Classes
  • Date
    • dates are constructed with 3 args date(y,m,d)
  • Time
  • Datetime
• Timedelta
  • use this class to add days to a date:

from datetime import date, timedelta

today = date(2020, 2, 19)

print(today)
print(today.year)
print(today.month)
print(today.day)

tomorrow = timedelta(1)
print("Tomorrow is: ", today + tomorrow)

• formatting a date that is dropped into a template literal:

import datetime

today = datetime.date(2020, 2, 19)

print(today)
print(today.year)
print(today.month)
print(today.day)

tomorrow = datetime.timedelta(1)
print("Tomorrow is: ", today + tomorrow)

# date time message formatting:

print(today.strftime("%A, %B %d, %Y"))
message = "Today is: {:%A, %B %d, %Y}."
print(message.format(today))

• time delta can also be used to DATEDIFF

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Children

1. Formatting

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Backlinks

• Workalendar (DevLog)