Sometimes, we want to add days to a date in Python.
In this article, we’ll look at how to add days to a date in Python.
How to add days to a date in Python?
To add days to a date in Python, we can use the datetime.timedelta
function.
For instance, we write
import datetime
date_1 = datetime.datetime.strptime(start_date, "%m/%d/%y")
end_date = date_1 + datetime.timedelta(days=10)
to create a date from the start_date
date string with strptime
.
Then we create a time delta object with timedelta
with the days
argument set to the number of days we want to add.
Then we add the time delta object to date_1
to return a new date with 10 days added to date_1
.
Conclusion
To add days to a date in Python, we can use the datetime.timedelta
function.