How to add months to a date (datetime object)?

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On 2017-02-06 21:54, John Gordon wrote:
> In <mailman.23.1486369390.2318.python-list at python.org> "Deborah Swanson" <python at deborahswanson.net> writes:
>
>> bajimicbiga at gmail.com wrote, on February 02, 2017 2:44 AM
>> >
>> > for start of month to the beginning of next month
>> >
>> > from datetime import timedelta
>> > from dateutil.relativedelta import relativedelta
>> >
>> > end_date = start_date + relativedelta(months=delta_period) +
>> > timedelta(days=-delta_period)
>
>> Where do you define 'delta_period', and what is your question?
>
> There is no question; it is an answer in response to the original
> post asking how to add months to a datetime object.
>
As far as I can find, the posts were from March 2009!