object of type date in python code example

Example 1: python datetime

from datetime import date
f_date = date(2014, 7, 2)
l_date = date(2014, 7, 11)
delta = l_date - f_date
print(delta.days)

Example 2: python run things at certain datetimes

import datetime as DT
import time

while True:
    now = DT.datetime.now()
    target = DT.datetime.combine(DT.date.today(), DT.time(hour=8))
    if target < now:
        target += DT.timedelta(days=1)

    time.sleep((target-now).total_seconds())
    # do something