Calculate Month Difference in Python

Introduction

In Python, you can calculate the difference between two dates using the datetime module. This challenge will test your ability to calculate the month difference between two dates.

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Date Difference

Write a function called months_diff(start, end) that takes in two date objects and returns the month difference between them. The function should:

Subtract start from end and use datetime.timedelta.days to get the day difference.

Divide by 30 and use math.ceil() to get the difference in months (rounded up).

from math import ceil def months_diff(start, end): return ceil((end - start).days / 30)

from datetime import date months_diff(date(2020, 10, 28), date(2020, 11, 25)) ## 1

Calculate Month Difference in Python

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Date Difference

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