Answer to Question #186144 in Python for manikanta

Question

Weekends

Given two dates D1 and D2, write a program to count number of Saturdays and Sundays from D1 to D2 (including D1 and D2).

The date in string format like "8 Feb 2021".

Input

The first line of input will contain date D1 in string format.

The second line of input will contain date D2 in string format.

Output

The output should a single line containing two integers separated by space.

Explanation

For example, if given dates are "25 Jan 2021" and "14 Feb 2021", the Saturdays and Sundays dates from "25 Jan 2021" to "14 Feb 2021" are

"30 Jan 2021" is a Saturday

"31 Jan 2021" is a Sunday

"6 Feb 2021" is a Saturday

"7 Feb 2021" is a Sunday

"13 Feb 2021" is a Saturday

"14 Feb 2021" is a Sunday

So output should be

Saturday: 3

Sunday: 3

Sample Input 1

25 Jan 2021

14 Feb 2021

Sample Output 1

Saturday: 3

Sunday: 3

Sample Input 2

25 May 2019

22 Dec 2021

Sample Output 2

Saturday: 135

Sunday: 135

Answer 1

import datetime
print("Input format for dates should be: 27 April 2021")
start_date = input("Enter start date: ")
end_date = input("Enter end date: ")
 
date_start1 = datetime.datetime.strptime(start_date, '%d %b %Y')
date_end1 = datetime.datetime.strptime(end_date, '%d %b %Y')




day = datetime.timedelta(days=1)
count_saturday = 0
count_sunday = 0




while date_start1 <= date_end1:
    if date_start1.isoweekday() == 6:
        count_saturday += 1
    if date_start1.isoweekday() == 7:
        count_sunday += 1
    date_start1 += day




print("Saturday: ", count_saturday)
print("Sunday: ", count_sunday)