Datetime_Get_the_weekday_of_the_current_date.ipynb

Kernel: Python 3

Datetime - Get the weekday of the current date

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Tags: #datetime #weekday #python #library #get #date

Author: Florent Ravenel

Last update: 2023-11-16 (Created: 2023-11-16)

Description: This notebook will get the weekday of the current date: Monday is 0 and Sunday is 6.

References:

• Python datetime library

• Python datetime strftime

Input

Import libraries

import datetime

Setup variables

• today: date to get the weekday from

today = datetime.date.today()

Model

Get weekday

weekday = today.weekday()

Output

Display result

print(f"The weekday of {today} is {today.strftime('%A')} ({weekday})")