The advantage of doing it this way is that there are few module dependencies and no looping -- the months can be found by straight calculation.
import datetime as dt
def months_between(date1,date2):
if date1>date2:
date1,date2=date2,date1
m1=date1.year*12+date1.month
m2=date2.year*12+date2.month
months=m2-m1
if date1.day>date2.day:
months-=1
elif date1.day==date2.day:
seconds1=date1.hour*3600+date1.minute+date1.second
seconds2=date2.hour*3600+date2.minute+date2.second
if seconds1>seconds2:
months-=1
return months
date1 = dt.datetime.strptime('2011-08-15 12:00:00', '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
date2 = dt.datetime.strptime('2012-02-15', '%Y-%m-%d')
print(months_between(date1,date2))
# 5
date1 = dt.datetime.strptime('2011-08-15 12:00:00', '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
date2 = dt.datetime.strptime('2012-02-15 11:59:00', '%Y-%m-%d %X')
print(months_between(date1,date2))
# 5
date2 = dt.datetime.strptime('2012-02-15 12:00:00', '%Y-%m-%d %X')
print(months_between(date1,date2))
# 6
date2 = dt.datetime.strptime('2012-02-15 12:00:01', '%Y-%m-%d %X')
print(months_between(date1,date2))
# 6
