Convert Year/Month/Day to Day of Year in Python

Question

I\'m using the datetime module, i.e.:

>>> import datetime
>>> today = datetime.datetime.now()
>>> print(today)
2009-03-06 13:24:58.         


        

Answer 1

Use datetime.timetuple() to convert your datetime object to a time.struct_time object then get its tm_yday property:

from datetime import datetime
day_of_year = datetime.now().timetuple().tm_yday  # returns 1 for January 1st