Python: Calculate a number of days between two dates
Python Datetime: Exercise-32 with Solution
Write a Python program to calculate the number of days between two dates.
Sample Solution:
Python Code:
import datetime
from datetime import date
def differ_days(date1, date2):
a = date1
b = date2
return (a-b).days
print()
print(differ_days((date(2016,10,12)), date(2015,12,10)))
print(differ_days((date(2016,3,23)), date(2017,12,10)))
print()
Sample Output:
307 -627
Flowchart:

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