I thought it would be useful to have a script that would tell me what the date n days from today would be. The docs (<http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/datetime.html#module-datetime>) seem to get me almost there. I can compute the number of days between 2 dates, and the number of days between a date and today:
Python 3.2.3 (default, Apr 11 2012, 07:12:16) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)] import time from datetime import date, timedelta >>> date1 = date(2001, 9, 11) >>> date1 datetime.date(2001, 9, 11) >>> date2 = date(2003, 4, 15) >>> date2 datetime.date(2003, 4, 15) >>> date2 - date1 datetime.timedelta(581) >>> days_delta = date2 - date1 >>> days_delta.days 581 >>> today = date.today() >>>> today datetime.date(2012, 10, 5) >>> print(today) 2012-10-05 >>> time_to_date = today - date1 >>> time_to_date datetime.timedelta(4042) >>> print(time_to_date) 4042 days, 0:00:00 >>> print(time_to_date.days) 4042 However, brick wall: timedelta.days = 100 Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 1, in <fragment> builtins.TypeError: can't set attributes of built-in/extension type 'datetime.timedelta' Advice, please. Dick Moores _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
