Python | Date Calculation | Days From Now

Introduction

In Python, you can easily calculate the date of n days from today using the datetime module. In this challenge, you will be asked to write a function that takes an integer n as input and returns the date of n days from today.

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Days from now

Write a function days_from_now(n) that takes an integer n as input and returns the date of n days from today.

To solve this problem, you can follow these steps:

Import the datetime module.

Use the date.today() method to get the current date.

Use the timedelta method to add n days to the current date.

Return the new date.

from datetime import timedelta, date def days_from_now(n): return date.today() + timedelta(n)

days_from_now(5) ## date(2020, 11, 02)

Calculate Days from Today

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