30-seconds-of-code/python/snippets/days-ago.md

title, type, tags, cover, dateModified

title	type	tags	cover	dateModified
Days ago	snippet	date	cup-of-orange	2020-10-28T16:19:30+02:00

Calculates the date of n days ago from today.

• Use datetime.date.today() to get the current day.
• Use datetime.timedelta to subtract n days from today's date.

from datetime import timedelta, date

def days_ago(n):
  return date.today() - timedelta(n)

days_ago(5) # date(2020, 10, 23)