How do i check if today is monday in python?

How would I write a statement that says:

If today is Monday, then run this function.

My thoughts are:

if datetime.now().day == Monday:
     run_report()

But I know this is not the right way to do it. How would I properly do this?

asked Aug 24, 2017 at 21:01

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You can use date.weekday() like this:

from datetime import date

# If today is Monday (aka 0 of 6), then run the report
if date.today().weekday() == 0:
    run_report()

answered Aug 24, 2017 at 21:06

ettananyettanany

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import datetime as dt

dt.date.today().isoweekday() == 1  # 1 = Monday, 2 = Tues, etc.

answered Aug 24, 2017 at 21:04

AlexanderAlexander

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Both datetime.date and datetime.datetime objects have a today method that return respectively a Date and a Datetime object.

Which both have a weekday and isoweekday methods. weekday count from Monday = 0, while isoweekday count from Monday = 1:

from datetime import date, datetime
if date.today().weekday() == 0:
    # it is Monday
if datetime.today().isoweekday() == 1:
   # it is Monday

See documentation

answered Aug 24, 2017 at 21:26

lee-pai-longlee-pai-long

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corresponding to the day of the week.  Here is the mapping of integer values to the days of the week.

# import Python's datetime module

import datetime

# weekdays as a tuple

weekDays = ("Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday","Sunday")

# Find out what day of the week is this year's Christmas

thisXMas    = datetime.date(2017,12,25)

thisXMasDay = thisXMas.weekday()

thisXMasDayAsString = weekDays[thisXMasDay]

print("This year's Christmas is on a {}".format(thisXMasDayAsString))

# Find out what day of the week next new year is

nextNewYear     = datetime.date(2018,1,1)

nextNewYearDay  = nextNewYear.weekday()

nextNewYearDayAsString = weekDays[nextNewYearDay]

print("Next new year is on a {}".format(nextNewYearDayAsString))

Published On: 23/09/2022 | Category: Python

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In this tutorial, you will learn python check date is monday or not. you can understand a concept of how to check if today is monday in python. I would like to show you how to check if today is monday in python. I’m going to show you about python today is monday. Let's see bellow example check today is monday in python.

In this example, we will use DateTime library to check whether today is Monday or not. I will give you two simple examples one using weekday() and another using isoweekday(). so let's see both examples:

You can use these examples with python3 (Python 3) version.

So let's see bellow example:

Example 1: Python Check Today's Date is Weekend or Weekday

main.py

from datetime import datetime
  
# If today is Monday (0 = Mon, 1 = Tue, 2 = Wen ...)
if datetime.today().weekday() == 0:
    print("Yes, Today is Monday")
else:
    print("Nope...")

Output:

Yes, Today is Monday

Example 2: Python Check String Date is Weekend or Weekday

main.py

from datetime import datetime
  
# If today is Monday (1 = Mon, 2 = Tue, 3 = Wen ...)
if datetime.today().isoweekday() == 1:
    print("Yes, Today is Monday")
else:
    print("Nope...")

Output:

Yes, Today is Monday

It will help you....

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