Differences between two dates in python

Question

from datetime import date
import random    
earlier_date = date(2017, 6, random.randint(1, 25))    
later_date = date(2017, 6, random.randint(earlier_date.day + 1, 28))    
days_between = (later_date - earlier_date)    
print("There are",days_between,"days between", earlier_date, "and", later_date)

The output i have (full difference)

There are 18 days, 0:00:00 days between 2017-06-01 and 2017-06-19

The Output I want (day difference only)

There are 3 days between 2017-06-22 and 2017-06-25

Duplicates with stackoverflow.com/questions/8258432/days-between-two-dates — minglyu
– minglyu, Commented Jun 28, 2020 at 9:04
What is the problem ? You choose random dates, how could you expect a specifif result ? — azro
– azro, Commented Jun 28, 2020 at 9:04
Your code works perfectly for me, it always pick 2 dates, and show the day differences — azro
– azro, Commented Jun 28, 2020 at 9:05
There are 18 days, 0:00:00 days between 2017-06-01 and 2017-06-19 this is the output i am getting ...i want output as i mentioned in question — D. Suresh Roshi
– D. Suresh Roshi, Commented Jun 28, 2020 at 9:07
You may have told us in the post at first time. Because I get exact number of date personnally — azro
– azro, Commented Jun 28, 2020 at 9:09

azro · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-28 09:11:15Z

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Use days_between.days to the days difference. I've also add a s-check for day grammar

# String parts
print("There are", days_between.days, "day" + ('s' if days_between.days > 1 else '') +
      " between", earlier_date, "and", later_date)

# f-string
print(f"There are {days_between.days} day{'s' if days_between.days > 1 else ''} "
      f"between {earlier_date} and {later_date}")

answered Jun 28, 2020 at 9:11

azro

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