[Tutor] Finding numeric day in a year...

[Mark Lawrence]

On 28/06/2014 18:59, Ken G. wrote:
> I know the correct answer should be 001, but I keep getting 179 which is
> the correct answer for June 28, 2014 (I think). I tried using datecode
> in various places instead of today but I am still getting 179. Currently
> using Ubuntu 12.04.4 and Python 2.7. Thanks for any feedback and suggestion.
>
>
> PROGRAM DISPLAY:
>
> # datefind 03.py
>
> import datetime
>
> datecode = "20140101" # from database on file
>
> month = datecode[4:6]
> day  = datecode[6:8]
> year  = datecode[0:4]
> datecode = year + "-" + month + "-" + day
> today = datecode
> print today
> print
>
> print "Day of year: ", datetime.date.today().strftime("%j")

datetime.date.today() ? :)

>
> TERMINAL DISPLAY:
>
> 2014-01-01
>
> Day of year:  179
>
> ------------------
> (program exited with code: 0)
> Press return to continue
>

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Mark Lawrence

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