Python: Display a list of the dates for the 2nd Saturday of every month for a given year

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47. 2nd Saturday Dates

Write a Python program display a list of the dates for the 2nd Saturday of every month for a given year.

Sample Solution:

Python Code:

# Import the calendar module
import calendar

# Show every month
for month in range(1, 13):
    # Generate the month calendar for the year 2020 and the current month
    cal = calendar.monthcalendar(2020, month)
    # Extract the first, second, and third weeks of the month
    first_week  = cal[0]
    second_week = cal[1]
    third_week  = cal[2]

    # If a Saturday is present in the first week, the second Saturday
    # is in the second week. Otherwise, the second Saturday must be in the third week.
    if first_week[calendar.SATURDAY]:
        holi_day = second_week[calendar.SATURDAY]
    else:
        holi_day = third_week[calendar.SATURDAY]

    # Print the month abbreviation and the date of the second Saturday of the month
    print('%3s: %2s' % (calendar.month_abbr[month], holi_day))

Output:

Jan: 11
Feb:  8
Mar: 14
Apr: 11
May:  9
Jun: 13
Jul: 11
Aug:  8
Sep: 12
Oct: 10
Nov: 14
Dec: 12

Explanation:

In the exercise above,

The code imports the "calendar" module.
It iterates over each month (from January to December) using a "for" loop with the "range()" function.
Inside the loop:

It generates the month calendar for the year 2020 and the current month using the "monthcalendar()" function of the "calendar" module.
It extracts the first, second, and third weeks of the month from the generated calendar.
It checks if a Saturday is present in the first week. If so, it assigns the second Saturday of the month to the variable 'holi_day' from the second week. Otherwise, it assigns the second Saturday from the third week.
It prints the month abbreviation and the date of the second Saturday of the month using string formatting with %3s for the month abbreviation and %2s for the date.

Flowchart:

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