How to subtract two date and get day in python 2.7

Question

I have two dates in this format. i need days from both dates.

start_date = 2018-12-01
end_date = 2018-12-03

st_dates = date(start_date)
en_dates = date(end_date)
ss = st_dates - en_dates
print(ss.days)

i got error

global name 'date' is not defined

Possible duplicate of [Subtracting Dates With Python](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12126318/subtracting-dates-with-python) — nerdicsapo, Dec 05 '18 at 09:34
Please supply a **[mcve]**. Your code errors on the first line. — jpp, Dec 05 '18 at 09:47
@jpp There is no error on the first line, just integer subtraction. — user229044, Dec 05 '18 at 15:35
@meagar, In Python 2.7, fair enough :). It errors in Python 3, of course. — jpp, Dec 05 '18 at 15:36

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 05 '18 at 09:35

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Assuming you have (note that they're strings):

start_date = '2018-12-01'
end_date = '2018-12-03'

Then you need to import the datetime module and parse the strings as datetime objects:

import datetime
st_dates = datetime.datetime.strptime(start_date, '%Y-%m-%d')
en_dates = datetime.datetime.strptime(end_date, '%Y-%m-%d')

Then do the difference like you've done:

ss = st_dates - en_dates
print(ss.days)

answered Dec 05 '18 at 09:35

TerryA

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i got error int() argument must be a string or a number, not 'datetime.timedelta' – Zeshan Dec 05 '18 at 09:43
@Zeshan Then you're using code I haven't seen yet - can you edit your question please? – TerryA Dec 05 '18 at 09:48

Jorge Rodriguez Molinuevo · Answer 2 · 2018-12-05T09:36:57.867

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You need to import the datetime module. For dates you can use datetime.datetime.

from datetime import datetime
start_date = datetime(2018, 12, 1)
end_date = datetime(2018, 12, 3)
ss = start_date - end_date 
print(ss.days)

or

from datetime import datetime
st_dates = datetime.strptime('2018-12-01', '%Y-%m-%d')
en_dates = datetime.strptime('2018-12-03', '%Y-%m-%d')
ss = st_dates - en_dates
print(ss.days)

edited Dec 05 '18 at 09:36

answered Dec 05 '18 at 09:35

Jorge Rodriguez Molinuevo

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i got error. 'module' object is not callable to use your method – Zeshan Dec 05 '18 at 09:38

How to subtract two date and get day in python 2.7

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