Add days to the current date in Python

Add days to the current date in Python #

To add days to the current date in Python:

1. Use the datetime.now() method to get the current local date and time.
2. Create a timedelta object by passing the number of days to the timedelta class.
3. Sum the current date and the timedelta object.

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from datetime import datetime, timedelta

now = datetime.now()
print(now)  # 👉️ 2022-06-22 18:48:12.336278

result = now + timedelta(days=7)
print(result)  # 👉️ 2022-06-29 18:48:12.336278

print(result.date())  # 👉️ 2022-06-29

print(f'{result:%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S}')  # 👉️ 2022-06-29 18:48:12

Make sure to import the datetime and timedelta classes from the datetime module.

We used the datetime.now method to get the current local date and time.

The timedelta class can be passed the days, weeks, hours, minutes, seconds, milliseconds and microseconds as arguments.

All of the arguments are optional and default to 0.

It's best to only use keyword arguments in a call to the timedelta class as the order of arguments can be confusing.

We only provided a value for the days argument in the example.

If you only need to extract the date after the operation, call the date() method on the datetime object.

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from datetime import datetime, timedelta

now = datetime.now()
print(now)  # 👉️ 2022-06-22 18:55:39.055210

result = now + timedelta(days=5)
print(result)  # 👉️ 2022-06-27 18:55:39.055210

print(result.date())  # 👉️ 2022-06-27

The datetime.date method returns a date object with the same year, month and day.

If you need to format the date in a certain way, use a formatted string literal.

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from datetime import datetime, timedelta

now = datetime.now()
print(now)  # 👉️ 2022-06-22 19:00:32.391298

result = now + timedelta(days=6)
print(result)  # 👉️ 2022-06-28 19:00:32.391298

print(result.date())  # 👉️ 2022-06-28

print(f'{result:%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S}')  # 👉️ 2022-06-28 19:00:32

Formatted string literals (f-strings) let us include expressions inside of a string by prefixing the string with f.

Make sure to wrap expressions in curly braces - {expression}.

Formatted string literals also enable us to use the format specific mini-language in expression blocks.