number of days in month python code example

Example 1: python get how many days in current month

import calendar
import datetime
now = datetime.datetime.now()
print calendar.monthrange(now.year, now.month)[1]
29

Example 2: days in month function python

def leap_year(year):
    if year % 400 == 0:
        return True
    if year % 100 == 0:
        return False
    if year % 4 == 0:
        return True
    return False

def days_in_month(month, year):
    if month in {1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12}:
        return 31
    if month == 2:
        if leap_year(year):
            return 29
        return 28
    return 30

print(days_in_month(2, 2016))  # 29