get weekday from date python code example

Example 1: get weekday from date python

>>> import datetime
>>> datetime.datetime.today()
datetime.datetime(2012, 3, 23, 23, 24, 55, 173504)
>>> datetime.datetime.today().weekday()
4

Example 2: python datetime weekday

from datetime import datetime
date_str='10-12-20'
datetime_object = datetime.strptime(date_str, '%m-%d-%y')
datetime_object.weekday()

Example 3: get weekday from date python

# int value range: 0-6, monday-sunday
weekday = datetime.weekday()

Example 4: python datetime get weekday name

import datetime
now = datetime.datetime.now()
print(now.strftime("%A"))