today minus 5 days python code example

Example 1: how to add and subtract days datetime python

a_date = datetime.date(2015, 10, 10)
days = datetime.timedelta(5)

new_date = a_date - days
#Subtract 5 days from a_date


print(new_date)
#OUTPUT
#2015-10-05

Example 2: remove days when subtracting time python

df_test['Difference'] = (df_test['First_Date'] - df_test['Second Date']).dt.days