Representing dates in different ways
date objects in Python have a great number of ways they can be printed out as strings. In some cases, you want to know the date in a clear, language-agnostic format. In other cases, you want something which can fit into a paragraph and flow naturally.
Let's try printing out the same date, August 26, 1992 (the day that Hurricane Andrew made landfall in Florida), in a number of different ways, to practice using the .strftime() method.
A date object called andrew has already been created.
This exercise is part of the course
Working with Dates and Times in Python
Hands-on interactive exercise
Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.
# Import date
from datetime import date
# Create a date object
andrew = date(1992, 8, 26)
# Print the date in the format 'YYYY-MM'
print(andrew.strftime(____))