After learning about Python modules, Alex became interested in the datetime module, which is a powerful module for working with dates and times in Python. He decided to create a program that would use the datetime module to calculate the number of days between two dates.
First, Alex imported the datetime module and created two datetime objects representing the start and end dates.
import datetime start_date = datetime.datetime(2023, 2, 1) end_date = datetime.datetime(2023, 2, 28)
Next, Alex calculated the number of days between the two dates using the timedelta function.
delta = end_date - start_date num_days = delta.days
Finally, Alex printed the result to the console.
print("The number of days between", start_date, "and", end_date, "is:", num_days)
The output was:
The number of days between 2023-02-01 00:00:00 and 2023-02-28 00:00:00 is: 27
Alex was impressed with how easy it was to work with dates and times using the datetime module. He also learned that the datetime module had many other useful functions and methods for working with dates and times, such as formatting dates, parsing dates from strings, and converting time zones.
With this new knowledge, Alex was excited to continue exploring the possibilities of Python’s powerful modules and was eager to apply them in his future programming projects.
