pythonHow to get yesterday's date
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
yesterday = (datetime.now() - timedelta(1)).strftime('%Y-%m-%d')ctrl + cdatetimemodule to manipulate dates and times | timedeltamodule to add/subtract dates |
yesterdaywill store yesterdays date string in YYYY-MM-DD format | datetime.now()current datetime |
timedelta(1)returns 1 day time delta (to subtract from today's date) | strftimetransform datetime to a string in a given format |
Usage example
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
yesterday = (datetime.now() - timedelta(1)).strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
print(datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d')) # today
print(yesterday)output
2021-11-05
2021-11-04