Python: Get the current week

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45. Current Week Finder

Write a Python program to get the current week.

Sample Solution:-

Python Code:

# Import the datetime module
import datetime
# Create a datetime object representing January 1st, 2017
Jan1st = datetime.date(2017,10,12)
# Get the ISO year, ISO week number, and day of the week (DOW) for January 1st, 2017
year, week_num, day_of_week = Jan1st.isocalendar()
# Print an empty line
print()
# Print the ISO year, ISO week number, and day of the week for January 1st, 2017
print("Year %d, Week Number %d, Day of the Week %d" %(year, week_num, day_of_week))
# Print an empty line
print()

Output:

Year 2017, Week Number 41, Day of the Week 4

Explanation:

In the exercise above,

The code imports the "datetime" module.
It creates a "datetime.date" object named 'Jan1st' representing January 1st, 2017.
It calls the "isocalendar()" method on the 'Jan1st' object to retrieve the ISO year, ISO week number, and day of the week (DOW) for January 1st, 2017, and assigns the results to the variables 'year', 'week_num', and 'day_of_week' respectively.
It prints the ISO year, ISO week number, and day of the week for January 1st, 2017 using string formatting to insert the values into the output string.

Flowchart:

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