Playing with dates in python

Date in python

In this tutorial you will be able to.

1. Get current date/time
2. Get weeks first and last date based on current date/time
3. Get months first and last date based on current date/time

First we will find current date time

Step 1: Import necessary libraries (for above all task this is necessary step)

from datetime import datetime, timedelta
from calendar import monthrange

Step 2: Get current date/time and just print it

today = datetime.now()
print(today)

Now we will find weeks first and last date based on current date/time

start = datetime.now() - timedelta(days=datetime.now().weekday())
end = start + timedelta(days=6)
print(start)
print(end)

Now we will find months first and last date based on current date/time

start = datetime.now().replace(day=1)
end = datetime.now().replace(day=monthrange(datetime.now().year, datetime.now().month)[1])
print(start)
print(end)

Complete code:

from datetime import datetime, timedelta
from calendar import monthrange

today = datetime.now()
print('Today')
print(today)

weekstart = datetime.now() - timedelta(days=datetime.now().weekday())
weekend = weekstart + timedelta(days=6)
print('Week Start:')
print(weekstart)
print('Week End:')
print(weekend)

monthstart = datetime.now().replace(day=1)
monthend = datetime.now().replace(day=monthrange(datetime.now().year, datetime.now().month)[1])
print('Month Start:')
print(monthstart)
print('Month End:')
print(monthend)

Output:

Today
2019-05-23 16:40:51.808967
Week Start:
2019-05-20 16:40:51.809071
Week End:
2019-05-26 16:40:51.809071
Month Start:
2019-05-01 16:40:51.809179
Month End:
2019-05-31 16:40:51.809202