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Reference of simple operations with dates, such as formatting and arithmetic.

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  1. import datetime
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  3. if __name__ == '__main__':
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  5.     # printing today's date formatted as dd/mm/yyyy. For more formatting options, search for strftime() in Python documentation
  6.     print(datetime.date.today().strftime('%d/%m/%Y'))
  7.  
  8.     # creating a date object
  9.     miyazakiBirthDate = datetime.date(1941, 1, 5)
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  11.     print(miyazakiBirthDate.strftime('%d/%m/%Y'))
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  13.     # example of date arithmetic operation. Adding one day to miyazakiBirthDate
  14.     miyazakiBirthNextDay = miyazakiBirthDate + datetime.timedelta(days=1)
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  16.     print(miyazakiBirthNextDay.strftime('%d/%m/%Y'))
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  18.     # example of date part replacement. Changing the miyazakiBirthDate year to year + 1
  19.     miyazakiFirstBirthday = miyazakiBirthDate.replace(year=miyazakiBirthDate.year + 1)
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  21.     print(miyazakiFirstBirthday.strftime('%d/%m/%Y'))

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