weekday() function in 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 get weekday name

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