Hi, I believe it's not the appropriate place to ask such questions. You should check the Python users' list ( http://python.org/community/lists.html )
Anyway, here you go : now = time.time() nowTuple = time.localtime(now) yesterdayTuple = time.localtime(now-60*60*24) Regards, Patrick. 2005/4/19, Ralph Hilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > i'm a beginning python programmer. > > I want to get the date for yesterday > > nowTime = time.localtime(time.time()) > print nowTime. > oneDay = 60*60*24 # number seconds in a day > yday = nowTime - oneDay # <-- generates an error > print yday.strftime("%Y-%m-%d") > > How can I just get yesterday's day? It a simple > concept yet it seems to be so hard to figure out. > > What i'm worried about is if today is say > June 1, 2023 > what is yesterday? and how do i compute that? > > Ralph Hilton > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Plan great trips with Yahoo! Travel: Now over 17,000 guides! > http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/pdecat%40gmail.com > _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com