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title: Days ago
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type: snippet
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language: python
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tags: [date]
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cover: cup-of-orange
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dateModified: 2020-10-28T16:19:30+02:00
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---
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Calculates the date of `n` days ago from today.
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- Use `datetime.date.today()` to get the current day.
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- Use `datetime.timedelta` to subtract `n` days from today's date.
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```py
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from datetime import timedelta, date
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def days_ago(n):
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return date.today() - timedelta(n)
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```
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```py
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days_ago(5) # date(2020, 10, 23)
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```
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