30-seconds-of-code/python/snippets/months-diff.md

title, type, tags, cover, dateModified

title	type	tags	cover	dateModified
Date difference in months	snippet	date	succulent-11	2020-10-28T16:20:39+02:00

Calculates the month difference between two dates.

• Subtract start from end and use datetime.timedelta.days to get the day difference.
• Divide by 30 and use math.ceil() to get the difference in months (rounded up).

from math import ceil

def months_diff(start, end):
  return ceil((end - start).days / 30)

from datetime import date

months_diff(date(2020, 10, 28), date(2020, 11, 25)) # 1