Making relative datetimes
The Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) was passed in October of 2008 in an attempt to stablize the US financial system during the crisis of 2007-2008. To investigate the state of markets before and after the passage of TARP, you wish to create some datetimes for times before and after.
This exercise is part of the course
Intermediate Python for Finance
Hands-on interactive exercise
Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
# TARP passed Oct 3 2008
tarp = datetime(2008, 10, 3)
# Seven days before TARP
week_before = tarp - timedelta(____ = 7)
# Print week_before
____