Get Weekday as a Number - Python datetime

Python datetime - Get Weekday as Number

To get Weekday As a Number using Python datetime, call strftime() with %w passed as argument.

WeekdayOutput
Sunday0
Monday1
Tuesday2
Wednesday3
Thursday4
Friday5
Saturday6

Examples

1. Get weekday as number from current date

In the following example, we will take the current date, and get weekday as number.

Python Program

#import datetime package
import datetime

#get current time
d = datetime.datetime.now()

#print date
print(d)

#get the weekday as number
print(d.strftime("%w"))

Output

2019-06-26 08:14:39.077008
3

The week starts with Sunday as 0. Monday is 1. Hence Wednesday is 3.

2. Get weekday as number from specific date

In the following example, we will take a date 2019-08-12 and get the weekday number.

Python Program

#import datetime package
import datetime

#set a date
d = datetime.datetime(2019,8,12)

#print date
print(d)

#get the weekday as number
print(d.strftime("%w"))

Output

2019-08-12 00:00:00
1

2019-08-12 is a Monday. Hence the weekday (Monday) as number is 1.

Summary

In this tutorial, we extracted weekday from date as a number.

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