How do I calculate the date six months from the current date using the datetime Python module?

Question

I am using the datetime Python module. I am looking to calculate the date 6 months from the current date. Could someone give me a little help doing this?

The reason I want to generate a date of 6 months from the current date is to produce a review date. If the user enters data into the system it will have a review date of 6 months from the date they entered the data.

 

Answer 1

To calculate the date six months from the current date you can do by using the datetime Python module below is the code for the same:-

from datetime import date

from dateutil.relativedelta import relativedelta

six_months = date.today() + relativedelta(months=+6)

print(six_months)

Another thing you can do is to get the date after six months from the current date is by using the following method:-

import datetime

print (datetime.date.today() + datetime.timedelta(6*365/12)).isoformat()