Python: Create a HTML calendar with data for a specific year and month

Python Datetime: Exercise-46 with Solution

Write a Python program to create a HTML calendar with data for a specific year and month.

Sample Solution:

Python Code:

# Import the calendar module
import calendar
# Create an HTMLCalendar object with Monday as the first day of the week
htmlcal = calendar.HTMLCalendar(calendar.MONDAY)
# Generate and print the HTML-formatted calendar for December 2020
print(htmlcal.formatmonth(2020, 12))

HTML Code:

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="month">                                              
<tr><th colspan="7" class="month">December 2020</th></tr>                                                     
<tr><th class="mon">Mon</th><th class="tue">Tue</th><th class="wed">Wed</th><th class="thu">Thu</th><th class=
"fri">Fri</th><th class="sat">Sat</th><th class="sun">Sun</th></tr>                                           
<tr><td class="noday"> </td><td class="tue">1</td><td class="wed">2</td><td class="thu">3</td><td class="
fri">4</td><td class="sat">5</td><td class="sun">6</td></tr>                                                  
<tr><td class="mon">7</td><td class="tue">8</td><td class="wed">9</td><td class="thu">10</td><td class="fri">1
1</td><td class="sat">12</td><td class="sun">13</td></tr>                                                     
<tr><td class="mon">14</td><td class="tue">15</td><td class="wed">16</td><td class="thu">17</td><td class="fri
">18</td><td class="sat">19</td><td class="sun">20</td></tr>                                                  
<tr><td class="mon">21</td><td class="tue">22</td><td class="wed">23</td><td class="thu">24</td><td class="fri
">25</td><td class="sat">26</td><td class="sun">27</td></tr>                                                  
<tr><td class="mon">28</td><td class="tue">29</td><td class="wed">30</td><td class="thu">31</td><td class="nod
ay"> </td><td class="noday"> </td><td class="noday"> </td></tr>                                
</table>  

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Output:

                                              
December 2020
                                                     
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
                                           
 
1
2
3
4
5
6
                                                  
7
8
9
10
1
1
12
13
                                                     
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
                                                  
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
                                                  
28
29
30
31
 
 
 
                                
           

Explanation:

In the exercise above,

• The code imports the "calendar" module, which provides functions for working with calendars.
• It creates an "HTMLCalendar" object named 'htmlcal' with Monday as the first day of the week, specified by passing "calendar.MONDAY" as an argument.
• It generates and prints the HTML-formatted calendar for December 2020 using the "formatmonth()" method of the 'HTMLCalendar' object. This method generates an HTML-formatted calendar for a specific month and year.

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