datetime.date()

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Published Jun 7, 2022
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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.

Parameter Description Range
YYYY The year expressed in four digits. 1 - 9999
MM The month expressed in one or two digits. 1 - 12
DD The day of the month expressed in one or two digits. 1 - number of days in a given month and year

Codebyte Example

A date can be retrieved and stored in a variable as shown below:

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