Fromordinal() Function Of Datetime.date Class In Python

Function Name:

fromordinal

Function Signature:

@classmethod fromordinal(ordinal)

Return Value:

Returns the Gregorian date corresponding to a given Gregorian ordinal.

Parameter:

ordinal – The Gregorian ordinal for which the date needs to be found.

Function Overview:

The method fromordinal() of the Python date class computes the date for a given Gregorian ordinal and returns the value.
The opposite is performed by the toordinal() method, which converts a Gregorian date to a Gregorian ordinal.

Note:

When a negative value or an ordinal beyond the value returned by the date.max.toordinal() is passed to the parameter ordinal, toordinal() method raises a ValueError.

Exceptions raised:

ValueError

Example 1:

# ----- Example Python program to get Gregorian date from Ordinal -----

import datetime

# Gregorian ordinal

ordinal = 737425;

date = datetime.date.fromordinal(ordinal);

print("New year 2020 from ordinal %d:%s"%(ordinal, date));

# Day 1 of Gregorian calendar

date = datetime.date.fromordinal(1);

print("Date for the first day of Gregorian calendar:%s"%date);

# Maximum date

print("Maximum ordinal supported in Python Standard Library is %s"%date.max.toordinal());

Output:

New year 2020 from ordinal 737425:2020-01-01

Date for the first day of Gregorian calendar:0001-01-01

Maximum ordinal supported in Python Standard Library is 3652059

Example 2:

import datetime

# Negative value given for ordinal

negativeOrdinal = -52;

beyondMax = datetime.date.max.toordinal();

try:

beforeGregorian1 = datetime.date.fromordinal(negativeOrdinal);

print("Some date before 1st date in Gregorian calendar:%s"%beforeGregorian1);

except ValueError as Ex:

print(Ex)

try:

afterMax = datetime.date.fromordinal(beyondMax + 1);

print("Date for Gregorian ordinal beyond %d:%s"%(beyondMax, afterMax));

except ValueError as Ex:

print(Ex)

Output:

ordinal must be >= 1

year 10000 is out of range