Python: Get the number of days of a given month and year

Last update on April 22 2025 12:47:30 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

22. Days in Month

Write a Python program to get the number of days in a given month and year.

Sample Solution:

Python Code:

# Import the monthrange function from the calendar module
from calendar import monthrange

# Define the year and month for which we want to find information
year = 2016
month = 2

# Use the monthrange function to get information about the specified month and year
# The function returns a tuple containing the weekday of the first day of the month (0 for Monday, 1 for Tuesday, etc.)
# and the number of days in the month.
print(monthrange(year, month))

Output:

(0, 29)

Explanation:

In the exercise above,

The code imports the "monthrange()" function from the "calendar" module.
Define Year and Month:

It defines variables 'year' and 'month' with the values 2016 and 2, respectively.

Month information:

It uses the "monthrange()" function to get information about the specified month (month) in the specified year (year).
The "monthrange()" function returns a tuple containing two values:

The first value is the weekday of the first day of the month (0 for Monday, 1 for Tuesday, etc.).
The second value is the number of days in the month.

It prints the tuple returned by the "monthrange()" function, which contains the weekday of the first day of the month and the number of days in the month.

Flowchart:

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