python define a function for days of the week 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: get weekday from date python

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