Working with ISO 8601 Dates in Python Part II

date_playground.py

from datetime import date, datetime

now = datetime.now()

print(now)

now_iso_8601 = now.isoformat()

print(now_iso_8601)

import time as time_

current_time = time_.time()

print(current_time)

# date.isoformat() vs date.fromisoformat

date_from_iso_format = date.fromisoformat('1987-02-06')

print(date_from_iso_format)

date_isoformat = date.isoformat(now)

print(date_isoformat)

# REFERENCE: https://topherpedersen.blog/2019/07/12/how-to-get-the-current-year-month-and-day-as-integers-in-python-3-using-the-datetime-module/

# REFERENCE: https://www.w3schools.com/python/python_datetime.asp

year = now.year
month = now.month
day = now.day

print("One month ago...")
one_month_ago = date(year, month - 1, day)
print(one_month_ago)

print("One year ago...")
one_year_ago = date(year - 1, month, day)
print(one_year_ago)

print("Two years ago...")
two_years_ago = date(year - 2, month, day)
print(two_years_ago)