Question

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

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

Answer 1

import datetime
print("Enter the dates in string format is like 8 Feb 2021")
firstDate = input("Enter the first date: ")
secondDate = input("Enter the second date: ")


startDate = datetime.datetime.strptime(firstDate, '%d %b %Y')
endDate = datetime.datetime.strptime(secondDate, '%d %b %Y')


day = datetime.timedelta(days=1)
numberOfSaturday = 0
numberOfSunday = 0


while startDate <= endDate:
    if startDate.isoweekday() == 6:
        numberOfSaturday += 1
    if startDate.isoweekday() == 7:
        numberOfSunday += 1
    startDate += day


print("Saturday:  "+ str(numberOfSaturday)+"\nSunday:  "+str(numberOfSunday))