In this article, we will discuss the weekday() function in the DateTime module. weekday() function is used to get the week number based on given DateTime. It will return the number in the range of 0-6
| Representation | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 0 | Monday |
| 1 | Tuesday |
| 2 | Wednesday |
| 3 | Thursday |
| 4 | Friday |
| 5 | Saturday |
| 6 | Sunday |
It will take input as DateTime in the format of “(YYYY, MM, DD, HH, MM, SS)”, where,
- YYYY stands for year
- MM stands for Month
- DD stands for Date
- HH stands for Hour
- MM stands for minute
- SS stands for second
We first need to import the DateTime module and create a DateTime, now using weekday() function we will get the weekday for a particular DateTime.
Syntax:
datetime(YYYY,MM,DD, HH,MM,SS).weekday()
we can also extract date from DateTime by using the following syntax:
Syntax:
datetime(YYYY,MM,DD, HH,MM,SS).date()
Example: Python program to create DateTime and display DateTime and date
Python3
# importing datetime class from datetime import datetime # create datetime x = datetime(2021, 8, 8, 12, 5, 6) # display print("Datetime is :", x) # get the date print("Date is :", x.date()) |
Output:
Datetime is : 2021-08-08 12:05:06
Date is : 2021-08-08
Example: Python program to get the weekdays for the given datetime(s)
Python3
# importing datetime class from datetime import datetime # create datetime x = datetime(2021, 8, 8, 12, 5, 6) # display print("Datetime is :", x) # get the weekday print("weekday is :", x.weekday()) # create datetime x = datetime(2021, 9, 10, 12, 5, 6) # display print("Datetime is :", x) # get the weekday print("weekday is :", x.weekday()) # create datetime x = datetime(2020, 1, 8, 12, 5, 6) # display print("Datetime is :", x) # get the weekday print("weekday is :", x.weekday()) |
Output:
Datetime is : 2021-08-08 12:05:06
weekday is : 6
Datetime is : 2021-09-10 12:05:06
weekday is : 4
Datetime is : 2020-01-08 12:05:06
weekday is : 2
Example 3: Python program to get the name of weekday
Python3
# create a list of weekdays from datetime import datetime days = ["Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday", "Sunday"] # importing datetime class # create datetime x = datetime(2021, 8, 8, 12, 5, 6) # display print("Datetime is :", x) # get the weekday name using index print("weekday is :", days[x.weekday()]) # create datetime x = datetime(2021, 9, 10, 12, 5, 6) # display print("Datetime is :", x) # get the weekday name using index print("weekday is :", days[x.weekday()]) # create datetime using index x = datetime(2020, 1, 8, 12, 5, 6) # display print("Datetime is :", x) # get the weekday name using index print("weekday is :", days[x.weekday()]) |
Output:
Datetime is : 2021-08-08 12:05:06
weekday is : Sunday
Datetime is : 2021-09-10 12:05:06
weekday is : Friday
Datetime is : 2020-01-08 12:05:06
weekday is : Wednesday
