Python Calendar Module: itermonthdates() method
itermonthdates() method
The itermonthdates() method returns an iterator for the month (1-12) in the year.
This iterator will return all days (as datetime.date objects) for the month and all days before the start of the month or after the end of the month that are required to get a complete week.
Syntax:
itermonthdates(year, month)
Parameters:
| Name | Description | Required / Optional |
Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| year | Year for which the calendar should be generated. | Required | Number |
| month | Month for which the calendar should be generated. | Required | Number |
Example of itermonthdates() method
import calendar
cal= calendar.Calendar()
for x in cal.itermonthdates(2016, 5):
print(x)
Output:
2016-04-25 2016-04-26 2016-04-27 2016-04-28 2016-04-29 2016-04-30 2016-05-01 2016-05-02 2016-05-03 2016-05-04 2016-05-05 2016-05-06 2016-05-07 2016-05-08 2016-05-09 2016-05-10 2016-05-11 2016-05-12 2016-05-13 2016-05-14 2016-05-15 2016-05-16 2016-05-17 2016-05-18 2016-05-19 2016-05-20 2016-05-21 2016-05-22 2016-05-23 2016-05-24 2016-05-25 2016-05-26 2016-05-27 2016-05-28 2016-05-29 2016-05-30 2016-05-31 2016-06-01 2016-06-02 2016-06-03 2016-06-04 2016-06-05
Note: datetime.date : A date object represents a date (year, month and day) in an idealized calendar, the current Gregorian calendar indefinitely extended in both directions. January 1 of year 1 is called day number 1, January 2 of year 1 is called day number 2, and so on.
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