datetime.date()

The datetime.date() method returns a date object in the year-month-day format.

Syntax

datetime.date(YYYY, MM, DD)

All parameters passed to the datetime.date() method in the snippet above are required and must be passed in order. Otherwise, a TypeError is thrown.

Example

Here’s a detailed example of using datetime.date() to create a date object and access its components:

import datetime

example_date = datetime.date(2024, 10, 15)

year = example_date.year
month = example_date.month
day = example_date.day

print("Complete Date:", example_date)
print("Year:", year)
print("Month:", month)
print("Day:", day)

The above code produces the following output:

Complete Date: 2024-10-15
Year: 2024
Month: 10
Day: 15

Codebyte Example

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