Datetime Formats - ashish-greycube/help GitHub Wiki
get today date
from frappe.utils import today, nowdate, now_datetime, nowtime
today_date = today() # 2024-11-11 <class 'str'>
today_date = nowdate() # 2024-11-11 <class 'str'>
today_datetime = now_datetime() # 2024-11-11 12:34:24.173512 <class 'datetime.datetime'>
current_time = nowtime() # 12:48:07.478841 <class 'str'>Convert str date to datetime.date format
from frappe.utils import getdate, nowdate
today_date = nowdate() # 2024-11-11 <class 'str'>
today_date = getdate(nowdate()) # 2024-11-11 <class 'datetime.date'>
Add days, months, in date
from frappe.utils import getdate, nowdate, add_to_date, add_days, add_months
today_date = nowdate() # 2024-12-11 <class 'str'>
next_month = add_to_date(nowdate(), months=1) # 2025-01-11 <class 'str'>
previous_month = add_to_date(nowdate(), months=-1) # 2024-11-11 <class 'str'>
next_month = add_months(nowdate(), 1) # 2025-01-11 <class 'str'>
previous_month = add_months(nowdate(), -1) # 2024-11-11 <class 'str'>
next_day = add_to_date(nowdate(), days=1) # 2024-12-12 <class 'str'>
previous_day = add_to_date(nowdate(), days=-1) # 2024-12-10 <class 'str'>
next_day = add_days(nowdate(),1) # 2024-12-12 <class 'str'>
previous_day = add_days(nowdate(),-1) # 2024-12-10 <class 'str'>Get first and last day of any month
from frappe.utils import get_first_day, get_last_day
current_month_start_date = get_first_day(date)
current_month_end_date = get_last_day(date)Get first and last day of current month
frappe.datetime.month_start()
frappe.datetime.month_end()Get today date and add or subtract from date
let today = frappe.datetime.nowdate() // '2024-12-02' <'string'>
let one_month_before_today = frappe.datetime.add_days(frappe.datetime.nowdate(), -30) // '2024-12-02' <'string'>