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

title, type, tags, cover, dateModified

title	type	tags	cover	dateModified
Date difference in days	snippet	date	succulent-9	2020-10-28T16:19:39+02:00

Calculates the day difference between two dates.

• Subtract start from end and use datetime.timedelta.days to get the day difference.

def days_diff(start, end):
  return (end - start).days

from datetime import date

days_diff(date(2020, 10, 25), date(2020, 10, 28)) # 3