Get the day of week from given a date in Python
A short program to get the day of week from given a date in Python using weekday and isoweekday.
## # Python's program to get the day of week of today or given date. import datetime dayofweek = datetime.date(2010, 6, 16).strftime("%A") print(dayofweek) # weekday Monday is 0 and Sunday is 6 print("weekday():", datetime.date(2010, 6, 16).weekday()) # isoweekday() Monday is 1 and Sunday is 7 print("isoweekday()", datetime.date(2010, 6, 16).isoweekday()) dayofweek = datetime.datetime.today().strftime("%A") print(dayofweek) print("weekday():", datetime.datetime.today().weekday()) print("isoweekday()", datetime.datetime.today().isoweekday())
Sample output of above program.
C:\programs\time>pep8 --first example7.py
C:\programs\time>python example7.py
Wednesday
weekday(): 2
isoweekday() 3
Friday
weekday(): 4
isoweekday() 5
C:\programs\time>
C:\programs\time>python example7.py
Wednesday
weekday(): 2
isoweekday() 3
Friday
weekday(): 4
isoweekday() 5
C:\programs\time>
2018-09-19T21:00:00+05:30
2018-09-19T21:00:00+05:30
Amit Arora
Amit Arora
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