Function Name:
replace
Function Signature:
date.replace(year, month, day)
Function Overview:
- The replace() function of Python date object replaces specific values of a date object with the new values as specified by the year, month, day parameters in a newly created copy and returns it.
- Note that the original date object is not changed by the replace() function.
- While invoking replace() function either all the parameters can be specified or only one or more parameters can be specified.
- The date object returned will have the new values reflected on it only for the parameters specified in the function call.
Example:
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#import the python's datetime module import datetime
# Create a date - new year dateObject = datetime.date(2017, 1, 1)
print("New Year's day: {}".format(dateObject))
# 2nd day of the year can be arrived by just changing only the date on the new year's date dateObject1 = datetime.date(2017, 1, 2)
print("Second day of the year: {}".format(dateObject))
# Change the date object to hold the value of Independence Day celebrations 2018 dateObject2 = dateObject.replace(year=2017, month=7, day=4) print("Independece day: {}".format(dateObject))
# Change the date object to hold the value of Thanks giving Day dateObject3 = dateObject.replace(year=2017, month=11, day=23) print("Thanks Giving day: {}".format(dateObject))
# The original date object is not changed by the replace() function print("Original Date object:{}".format(dateObject)) |
Output:
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New Year's day: 2017-01-01 Second day of the year: 2017-01-01 Independece day: 2017-01-01 Thanks Giving day: 2017-01-01 Original Date object:2017-01-01 |