How to get month name from date in python

Question

the goal is to get month name and year from previous month date. Such: October -2019

But I got an error:

import datetime


d = datetime.date.today()
first_day = d.replace(day=1) # gives first day of current month
last_day = first_day - datetime.timedelta(days=1) # gives last date of previous month
print(last_day.strtime("%B"))

Error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "x:\Documents\Python\tempCodeRunnerFile.py", line 7, in <module>
    print(last_day.strtime("%B"))
AttributeError: 'datetime.date' object has no attribute 'strtime'

The error message is correct. It appears you are looking for strftime() [note the "f"!]. The %B should be the correct format code. — mgrollins
– mgrollins, Commented Nov 20, 2019 at 23:03

JacobIRR · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-20 23:03:24Z

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The proper method to use is called strftime, not strtime

answered Nov 20, 2019 at 23:03

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