Question

Very new to python, please excuse the noob question:

I have a number that represents a date like :

date = 20121228  

( representing December 28th, 2012)

How can I increment that date by 5 days in python so I end up with a new (correct) number representing the date like

date = 20130102

I don’t want:

date = 20121233

Update: When I try and use datetime.strptime I get this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
AttributeError: type object 'datetime.datetime' has no attribute 'strptime'

Answer 1

Try this:

date = 20121228
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
dt = datetime.strptime(str(date), "%Y%m%d").date() + timedelta(days=5)
print datetime.strftime(dt, "%Y%m%d")