datetime python get dates day of week code example

Example 1: 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 2: python datetime get date one week from today

>>> import datetime
>>> datetime.datetime.now() + datetime.timedelta(days=7)