netflix timeline inspiration from https://www.netflix.com/tudum/top10

index.py

from Timeline import *

start_date = '2021-06-27'
end_date = '2024-06-15'
timelines = Timeline(start_date,end_date).run()
print(timelines)

netflix_timeline.py

from datetime import datetime, timedelta

class Timeline:

    def __init__(self,start_date,end_date,date_format=0):
        
        self.default_format = '%Y-%m-%d'
        self.myformat = self.get_date_format(date_format)

        self.start_date = self.process_date(start_date)
        self.end_date = self.process_date(end_date)
    
    def process_date(self,mydate):
        return datetime.strptime(datetime.strptime(mydate,self.default_format).strftime(self.myformat),self.myformat)

    def get_date_format(self,flag):
        if flag == 1:
            return '%Y-%m-%d'
        else:
            return '%Y%m%d'

    def count_weeks(self):
        delta = self.end_date - self.start_date
        weeks = delta.days // 7
        return weeks

    def generate(self, num_weeks):
        
        dates = []
        
        for i in range(num_weeks+1):
            current_date = self.start_date + timedelta(weeks=i)
            dates.append(current_date.strftime(self.myformat))
        
        return dates
    
    def run(self):
        num_weeks = self.count_weeks()
        weekly_dates = self.generate(num_weeks)
        # print(num_weeks)
        return [date for date in weekly_dates]