Getting the date of 7 days ago from current date in python

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I'm trying to get the date that was 7 days ago starting from current date in python. Can anyone help me?

Python Solutions

Solution 1 - Python

import datetime as DT
today = DT.date.today()
week_ago = today - DT.timedelta(days=7)

Solution 2 - Python

>>> import datetime
>>> datetime.datetime.now() - datetime.timedelta(days=7)
datetime.datetime(2013, 12, 6, 10, 29, 37, 596779)

If you really just want the date, you can call the date method:

>>> (datetime.datetime.now() - datetime.timedelta(days=7)).date()
datetime.date(2013, 12, 6)

Or, work with dates to begin with as suggested by unutbu.

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