"""Dates and Times. @see: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/stdlib.html#dates-and-times The datetime module supplies classes for manipulating dates and times in both simple and complex ways. While date and time arithmetic is supported, the focus of the implementation is on efficient member extraction for output formatting and manipulation. The module also supports objects that are timezone aware. """ from datetime import date def test_datetime(): """Dates and Times""" real_now = date.today() assert real_now fake_now = date(2018, 8, 29) assert fake_now.day == 29 assert fake_now.month == 8 assert fake_now.year == 2018 assert fake_now.ctime() == 'Wed Aug 29 00:00:00 2018' assert fake_now.strftime( '%m-%d-%y. %d %b %Y is a %A on the %d day of %B.' ) == '08-29-18. 29 Aug 2018 is a Wednesday on the 29 day of August.' # Dates support calendar arithmetic. birthday = date(1964, 7, 31) age = fake_now - birthday assert age.days == 19752