subtract two dates python code example

Example 1: python calc days between dates

from datetime import date

d0 = date(2008, 8, 18)
d1 = date(2008, 9, 26)
delta = d1 - d0
print(delta.days)

Example 2: python get dates between two dates

from datetime import datetime, timedelta

def date_range(start, end):
    delta = end - start  # as timedelta
    days = [start + timedelta(days=i) for i in range(delta.days + 1)]
    return days

start_date = datetime(2008, 8, 1)
end_date = datetime(2008, 8, 3)
    
print(date_range(start_date, end_date))

Example 3: pytthon how many fridays´ between two dates

from datetime import  date

d1 = date(2017, 1, 4)
d2 = date(2017, 1, 31)

count = 0

for d_ord in range(d1.toordinal(), d2.toordinal()):
    d = date.fromordinal(d_ord)
    if (d.weekday() == 4):
        count += 1

print(count)