topic Convert date to string in ArcGIS API for Python Questions

Convert date to string

Anonymous User — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 10:01:01 GMT

I created a query to pull the current weeks Monday but can't figure out how to convert that to a string and create a variable that prints it in this format ('%Y/%m/%d')

import datetime
today = datetime.date.today()
today + datetime.timedelta(days=-today.weekday())

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Re: Convert date to string

RandyBurton — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 10:01:03 GMT

Try:

mon = today + datetime.timedelta(days=-today.weekday())
print mon.strftime("%Y/%m/%d")‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Re: Convert date to string

DanPatterson_Retired — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 22:52:34 GMT

for python 3 don't forget print is different

print(mon.strftime("%Y/%m/%d"))‍

Re: Convert date to string

RandyBurton — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 23:32:07 GMT

Don't forget that .weekday() for Sunday = 6, so the Monday for Sunday 2018/09/09 is 2018/09/03 and not the following day (the 10th).