How to enter date

[coolindienc]

Hello everyone,
Since I am very new to programming, I am struggling with this issue. Please show me how to write current date and how to calculate duration time between today's date and previous date.

Andy

[bartonc]

Here's a tidbit to get you started:

# This module has lots of output formating, but date objects do print
from datetime import *
 
dataOjb = date(MINYEAR, 1, 1)
todaysDate = dataOjb.today()
print todaysDate
 
birthDate = date(1963, 1, 28)
 
print todaysDate - birthDate

[bartonc]

Hello everyone,
Since I am very new to programming, I am struggling with this issue. Please show me how to write current date and how to calculate duration time between today's date and previous date.

Andy

Hey, Andy. Since this is your first post in the Python forum, I'd like to welcome you and ask: have you given up on C++ for something just as powerfull, but a lot easier to learn? Just ask me and I'll tell you "good choice".

[coolindienc]

Hi bartonc,
No have not, but this being my first programming course in school, i do not really have a choice. However, I am learning C++ as well. Just wasn't sure how different this language is. So far this seems easier than C++. Thanks for your help.

[coolindienc]

however, I was looking to see if I can manually input previous date just as we write in real life.

Andy

[bartonc]

however, I was looking to see if I can manually input previous date just as we write in real life.

Andy

This will get ints for passing to other fuctions:

thedate = raw_input("Enter data as mm/dd/yyyy: ")
month, day, year = (int(val) for val in thedate.split('/'))