{"id":29055,"date":"2018-11-23T09:50:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T04:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/?p=27587"},"modified":"2026-04-23T15:38:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:08:21","slug":"python-calendar-module","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/python-calendar-module\/","title":{"rendered":"Python Calendar Module | Calendar Class & HTML Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"

We took a brief look at the Python Calendar module when we talked about <\/span>Python date and time. Let\u2019s take a deeper look at the Calendar Module in <\/span>Python now. <\/span><\/p>\n

Moreover, we will talk about three classes in the calendar module- Calendar, TextCalendar, and HTMLCalendar. Also, we will take a look at their available instance methods. <\/span><\/p>\n

At last, we will learn about the available functions in the Python Calendar Modules.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, let\u2019s start the Python Calendar Module tutorial.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Python<\/a>

Python Calendar Module<\/p><\/div>\n

What is Python Calendar?<\/span><\/h3>\n

Python Calendar Module lets you print calendars and perform functions related to those. These calendars begin at Monday (day=0) and end at Sunday (day=6). <\/span><\/p>\n

In this Python calendar tutorial, we will notice the Gregorian calendar, set indefinitely in both directions, as the base calendar. <\/span><\/p>\n

The ISO 8601 standard decides how to interpret zero and negative years. <\/span>We call year 0 \u20181 BC\u2019, year -1 \u20182 BC\u2019, and so on.<\/span><\/p>\n

This module holds the Calendar class that lends us various functions to manipulate date and time. Other than that, we have the TextCalendar and HTMLCalendar classes to produce pre-formatted output.<\/span><\/p>\n

We can import this Python Calendar Module as-<\/span><\/p>\n

>>> import calendar as cd<\/pre>\n
Python Calendar Class<\/h3>\n
The first class we discuss here is the Calendar. The constructor for this has the following syntax:<\/span><\/p>\n
class calendar.Calendar(firstweekday=0)<\/pre>\n
This creates a Calendar object with whichever day of the week we want it to begin at. By default, it starts at Monday with a parameter value of 0. <\/span><\/p>\n
Like we said earlier, Sunday is 6. With the methods of this class, we prepare a calendar for formatting.<\/span><\/p>\n
An instance of Calendar will have the following methods-<\/span><\/p>\n
1. iterweekdays() – Days of week<\/h4>\n
This returns an iterator for the weekday numbers for an entire week. The first number this iterator returns is the number we set as the <\/span>firstweekday<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n
>>> import calendar as cd\r\n>>> c=cd.Calendar(firstweekday=1)\r\n>>> for i in c.iterweekdays():\r\n        print(i)<\/pre>\n
Output<\/strong><\/p>\n
1
\n2
\n3
\n4
\n5
\n6
\n0<\/div>\n
2. itermonthdates(year, month) – Dates of month<\/h4>\n
This returns an iterator for all days of the month and all days before or after it so we can get a complete week. Let\u2019s set the first weekday to be Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n
>>> c=cd.Calendar(firstweekday=0)\r\n>>> for i in c.itermonthdates(2018,12):\r\n        print(i)<\/pre>\n
Output<\/strong><\/p>\n
2018-11-26
\n2018-11-27
\n2018-11-28
\n2018-11-29
\n2018-11-30
\n2018-12-01
\n2018-12-02
\n2018-12-03
\n2018-12-04
\n2018-12-05
\n2018-12-06
\n2018-12-07
\n2018-12-08
\n2018-12-09
\n2018-12-10
\n2018-12-11
\n2018-12-12
\n2018-12-13
\n2018-12-14
\n2018-12-15
\n2018-12-16
\n2018-12-17
\n2018-12-18
\n2018-12-19
\n2018-12-20
\n2018-12-21
\n2018-12-22
\n2018-12-23
\n2018-12-24
\n2018-12-25
\n2018-12-26
\n2018-12-27
\n2018-12-28
\n2018-12-29
\n2018-12-30
\n2018-12-31
\n2019-01-01
\n2019-01-02
\n2019-01-03
\n2019-01-04
\n2019-01-05
\n2019-01-06<\/div>\n
3. itermonthdays(year,month) – Days of month<\/h4>\n
This gives us an iterator for the month as \u2018day of month\u2019. The days outside the month we specify return 0.<\/span><\/p>\n
>>> for i in c.itermonthdays(2018,12):\r\n        print(i)<\/pre>\n
Output<\/strong><\/p>\n
0
\n0
\n0
\n0
\n0
\n1
\n2
\n3
\n4
\n5
\n6
\n7
\n8
\n9
\n10
\n11
\n12
\n13
\n14
\n15
\n16
\n17
\n18
\n19
\n20
\n21
\n22
\n23
\n24
\n25
\n26
\n27
\n28
\n29
\n30
\n31
\n0
\n0
\n0
\n0
\n0
\n0<\/div>\n
Notice how the days from months November and January fade into a 0?<\/span><\/p>\n
4. itermonthdays2(year,month) – Day of month, day of week<\/h4>\n
This is the same as itermonthdays(), but returns tuples of day of month and day of week.<\/span><\/p>\n
>>> for i in c.itermonthdays2(2018,12):\r\n        print(i)<\/pre>\n
Output<\/strong><\/p>\n
(0, 0)
\n(0, 1)
\n(0, 2)
\n(0, 3)
\n(0, 4)
\n(1, 5)
\n(2, 6)
\n(3, 0)
\n(4, 1)
\n(5, 2)
\n(6, 3)
\n(7, 4)
\n(8, 5)
\n(9, 6)
\n(10, 0)
\n(11, 1)
\n(12, 2)
\n(13, 3)
\n(14, 4)
\n(15, 5)
\n(16, 6)
\n(17, 0)
\n(18, 1)
\n(19, 2)
\n(20, 3)
\n(21, 4)
\n(22, 5)
\n(23, 6)
\n(24, 0)
\n(25, 1)
\n(26, 2)
\n(27, 3)
\n(28, 4)
\n(29, 5)
\n(30, 6)
\n(31, 0)
\n(0, 1)
\n(0, 2)
\n(0, 3)
\n(0, 4)
\n(0, 5)
\n(0, 6)<\/div>\n
5. itermonthdays3(year,month) – Year, month, day of month<\/h4>\n
This is like the previous two, but gives us a tuple of year, the month, and the day of the month. This is new in Python 3.7.<\/span><\/p>\n
>>> for i in c.itermonthdays3(2018,12):\r\n        print(i)<\/pre>\n
Output<\/strong><\/p>\n
(2018, 11, 26)
\n(2018, 11, 27)
\n(2018, 11, 28)
\n(2018, 11, 29)
\n(2018, 11, 30)
\n(2018, 12, 1)
\n(2018, 12, 2)
\n(2018, 12, 3)
\n(2018, 12, 4)
\n(2018, 12, 5)
\n(2018, 12, 6)
\n(2018, 12, 7)
\n(2018, 12, 8)
\n(2018, 12, 9)
\n(2018, 12, 10)
\n(2018, 12, 11)
\n(2018, 12, 12)
\n(2018, 12, 13)
\n(2018, 12, 14)
\n(2018, 12, 15)
\n(2018, 12, 16)
\n(2018, 12, 17)
\n(2018, 12, 18)
\n(2018, 12, 19)
\n(2018, 12, 20)
\n(2018, 12, 21)
\n(2018, 12, 22)
\n(2018, 12, 23)
\n(2018, 12, 24)
\n(2018, 12, 25)
\n(2018, 12, 26)
\n(2018, 12, 27)
\n(2018, 12, 28)
\n(2018, 12, 29)
\n(2018, 12, 30)
\n(2018, 12, 31)
\n(2019, 1, 1)
\n(2019, 1, 2)
\n(2019, 1, 3)
\n(2019, 1, 4)
\n(2019, 1, 5)
\n(2019, 1, 6)<\/div>\n
6. itermonthdays4(year, month) – Year, month, day of month, day of week<\/h4>\n
Like so far, this returns a tuple with year, month, day of month, and day of week. This is since Python 3.7.<\/span><\/p>\n
>>> for i in c.itermonthdays4(2018,12):\r\n        print(i)<\/pre>\n
Output<\/strong><\/p>\n
(2018, 11, 26, 0)
\n(2018, 11, 27, 1)
\n(2018, 11, 28, 2)
\n(2018, 11, 29, 3)
\n(2018, 11, 30, 4)
\n(2018, 12, 1, 5)
\n(2018, 12, 2, 6)
\n(2018, 12, 3, 0)
\n(2018, 12, 4, 1)
\n(2018, 12, 5, 2)
\n(2018, 12, 6, 3)
\n(2018, 12, 7, 4)
\n(2018, 12, 8, 5)
\n(2018, 12, 9, 6)
\n(2018, 12, 10, 0)
\n(2018, 12, 11, 1)
\n(2018, 12, 12, 2)
\n(2018, 12, 13, 3)
\n(2018, 12, 14, 4)
\n(2018, 12, 15, 5)
\n(2018, 12, 16, 6)
\n(2018, 12, 17, 0)
\n(2018, 12, 18, 1)
\n(2018, 12, 19, 2)
\n(2018, 12, 20, 3)
\n(2018, 12, 21, 4)
\n(2018, 12, 22, 5)
\n(<\/b>2018, 12, 23, 6)
\n(2018, 12, 24, 0)
\n(2018, 12, 25, 1)
\n(2018, 12, 26, 2)
\n(2018, 12, 27, 3)
\n(2018, 12, 28, 4)
\n(2018, 12, 29, 5)
\n(2018, 12, 30, 6)
\n(2018, 12, 31, 0)
\n(2019, 1, 1, 1)
\n(2019, 1, 2, 2)
\n(2019, 1, 3, 3)
\n(2019, 1, 4, 4)
\n(2019, 1, 5, 5)
\n(2019, 1, 6, 6)<\/div>\n
7. monthdatescalendar(year,month) – List of weeks in month<\/h4>\n
This gives us a list of full weeks in the month we want. Each week is a list of seven datetime.date objects.<\/span><\/p>\n
>>> for i in c.monthdatescalendar(2018,12):\r\n        print(i)<\/pre>\n
Output<\/strong><\/p>\n
[datetime.date(2018, 11, 26), datetime.date(2018, 11, 27), datetime.date(2018, 11, 28), datetime.date(2018, 11, 29), datetime.date(2018, 11, 30), datetime.date(2018, 12, 1), datetime.date(2018, 12, 2)]
\n[datetime.date(2018, 12, 3), datetime.date(2018, 12, 4), datetime.date(2018, 12, 5), datetime.date(2018, 12, 6), datetime.date(2018, 12, 7), datetime.date(2018, 12, 8), datetime.date(2018, 12, 9)]
\n[datetime.date(2018, 12, 10), datetime.date(2018, 12, 11), datetime.date(2018, 12, 12), datetime.date(2018, 12, 13), datetime.date(2018, 12, 14), datetime.date(2018, 12, 15), datetime.date(2018, 12, 16)]
\n[datetime.date(2018, 12, 17), datetime.date(2018, 12, 18), datetime.date(2018, 12, 19), datetime.date(2018, 12, 20), datetime.date(2018, 12, 21), datetime.date(2018, 12, 22), datetime.date(2018, 12, 23)]
\n[datetime.date(2018, 12, 24), datetime.date(2018, 12, 25), datetime.date(2018, 12, 26), datetime.date(2018, 12, 27), datetime.date(2018, 12, 28), datetime.date(2018, 12, 29), datetime.date(2018, 12, 30)]
\n[datetime.date(2018, 12, 31), datetime.date(2019, 1, 1), datetime.date(2019, 1, 2), datetime.date(2019, 1, 3), datetime.date(2019, 1, 4), datetime.date(2019, 1, 5), datetime.date(2019, 1, 6)]<\/div>\n
To confirm this is correct, check the calendar for December 2018 with Monday as the first day:<\/span>
\nThe weeks begin at 26, 3, 19, 17, 24, and 31.<\/span><\/p>\n
8. monthdays2calendar(year,month) – List of days of the month and days of week in month<\/h4>\n
This gives us a list of weeks with each week as seven tuples of day of month and day of the week.<\/span><\/p>\n
>>> for i in c.monthdays2calendar(2018,12):\r\n        print(i)<\/pre>\n
Output<\/strong><\/p>\n
[(0, 0), (0, 1), (0, 2), (0, 3), (0, 4), (1, 5), (2, 6)]
\n[(3, 0), (4, 1), (5, 2), (6, 3), (7, 4), (8, 5), (9, 6)]
\n[(10, 0), (11, 1), (12, 2), (13, 3), (14, 4), (15, 5), (16, 6)]
\n[(17, 0), (18, 1), (19, 2), (20, 3), (21, 4), (22, 5), (23, 6)]
\n[(24, 0), (25, 1), (26, 2), (27, 3), (28, 4), (29, 5), (30, 6)]
\n[(31, 0), (0, 1), (0, 2), (0, 3), (0, 4), (0, 5), (0, 6)]<\/div>\n
Every week has week numbers 0 to 6 as the second value in the tuples and the first value is the day of month- 0 to 31 here.<\/span><\/p>\n
9. monthdayscalendar(year,month) – List of day of month<\/h4>\n
This gives us a list of weeks with each week as a list of day of month.<\/span><\/p>\n
>>> for i in c.monthdayscalendar(2018,12):\r\n        print(i)<\/pre>\n
Output<\/strong><\/p>\n
[0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 2]
\n[3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
\n[10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16]
\n[17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23]
\n[24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30]
\n[31, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]<\/div>\n
10. yeardatescalendar(year,width=3) – List of row months<\/h4>\n
This gives us a list of month rows. The <\/span>width<\/span><\/i> parameter is to specify up to how many months we want in a month row, the default for which is 3. The days are datetime.date objects.<\/span><\/p>\n
>>> for i in c.yeardatescalendar(2018,2):\r\n        print(i)<\/pre>\n
 <\/p>\n
11. yeardays2calendar(year,width=3) – List of day of month and day of week<\/h4>\n
This gives us a list of list of weeks as tuples of day of month and day of week.<\/span><\/p>\n
>>> for i in c.yeardays2calendar(2018,2):\r\n        print(i)<\/pre>\n
12. yeardayscalendar(year,width=3) – List of day of month<\/h4>\n
This gives us a list of weeks as day of month.<\/span><\/p>\n
>>> for i in c.yeardayscalendar(2018,2):\r\n        print(i)<\/pre>\n
Output<\/strong><\/p>\n
[[[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7], [8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14], [15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21], [22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28], [29, 30, 31, 0, 0, 0, 0]], [[0, 0, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4], [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11], [12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18], [19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25], [26, 27, 28, 0, 0, 0, 0]]]
\n[[[0, 0, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4], [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11], [12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18], [19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25], [26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 0]], [[0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1], [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8], [9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15], [16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22], [23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29], [30, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]]]
\n[[[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13], [14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20], [21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27], [28, 29, 30, 31, 0, 0, 0]], [[0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10], [11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17], [18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24], [25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 0]]]
\n[[[0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1], [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8], [9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15], [16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22], [23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29], [30, 31, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]], [[0, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5], [6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12], [13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19], [20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26], [27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 0, 0]]]
\n[[[0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 2], [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9], [10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16], [17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23], [24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30]], [[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7], [8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14], [15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21], [22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28], [29, 30, 31, 0, 0, 0, 0]]]
\n[[[0, 0, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4], [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11], [12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18], [19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25], [26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 0, 0]], [[0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 2], [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9], [10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16], [17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23], [24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30], [31, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]]]<\/div>\n
Python TextCalendar Class<\/h3>\n
This class lets us generate plain text calendars. <\/span><\/p>\n
Benefits of using a TextCalendar in Python:<\/strong><\/p>\n
    \n
  • By using the prmonth() function, the calendar can be shown by using just one line of code.<\/li>\n
  • You can easily change the size of the calendar, like adding more space between days or making the columns wider.<\/li>\n
  • The months and days can be shown in different languages, like Hindi, French, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
    The constructor for this has the following syntax-<\/span><\/p>\n
    class calendar.TextCalendar(firstweekday=0)<\/pre>\n
    Take a look at its available methods-<\/span><\/p>\n
    1. formatmonth(theyear,themonth,[w=0,l=0]) – Multiline string of month<\/h4>\n
    This gives us a month\u2019s calendar as a multiline string. w is the width of centered date columns, l the number of lines for each week- both are optional parameters. We need the value of the <\/span>firstweekday<\/span><\/i> for this to work.<\/span><\/p>\n
    >>> t=cd.TextCalendar(0)\r\n>>> t.formatmonth(2018,12)<\/pre>\n
    Output<\/strong><\/p>\n
    \n
    ‘ \u00a0\u00a0December 2018\\nMo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su\\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01 2\\n 3 4 5 6 7 8 9\\n10 11 12 13 14 15 16\\n17 18 19 20 21 22 23\\n24 25 26 27 28 29 30\\n31\\n’<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
    >>> print(t.formatmonth(2018,12))<\/pre>\n
     <\/p>\n
    2. prmonth(theyear,themonth,[w=0,l=0]) – Print month calendar<\/h4>\n
    What we printed last, we can also do with prmonth() instead.<\/span><\/p>\n
    >>> t.prmonth(2018,12)<\/pre>\n
    3. formatyear(theyear,[w=2,l=1,c=6,m=3]) – Multiline string calendar<\/h4>\n
    This returns an m-column calendar for the entire year as a multiline string. <\/span>Optional parameters- w for date column width, l for lines per week, c for number of spaces between month columns. <\/span><\/p>\n
    For this to work, we need the <\/span>firstweekday<\/span><\/i>. The earliest year you can generate a calendar for depends on your platform.<\/span><\/p>\n
    >>> print(t.formatyear(2018,5)) #sets w=5 and m is 3 by default\r\n>>> print(t.formatyear(2018,m=5))<\/pre>\n
     <\/p>\n
    4. pryear(theyear,[w=2,l=1,c=6,m=3]) – Print year calendar<\/h4>\n
    This prints the same thing as above.<\/span><\/p>\n
    >>> t.pryear(2018,m=5)<\/pre>\n
    Python HTMLCalendar<\/h3>\n
    Finally, let\u2019s talk about the class that lets us generate HTML Calendars in Python. The constructor for this has the following syntax:<\/span><\/p>\n
    class calendar.HTMLCalendar(firstweekday=0)<\/pre>\n
    An HTML Python Calendar instance has the following methods:<\/span><\/p>\n
    1. formatmonth(theyear,themonth,withyear=True) – HTML table for month calendar<\/h4>\n
    This gives us the calendar for a month as an HTML table<\/span><\/p>\n
    >>> h=cd.HTMLCalendar()\r\n>>> print(h.formatmonth(2018,12))<\/pre>\n
    Output<\/strong><\/p>\n
    <table border=”0″ cellpadding=”0″ cellspacing=”0″ class=”month”>
    \n<tr><th colspan=”7″ class=”month”>December 2018<\/th><\/tr>
    \n<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>
    \n<tr><td class=”noday”>&nbsp;<\/td><td class=”noday”>&nbsp;<\/td><td class=”noday”>&nbsp;<\/td><td class=”noday”>&nbsp;<\/td><td class=”noday”>&nbsp;<\/td><td class=”sat”>1<\/td><td class=”sun”>2<\/td><\/tr>
    \n<tr><td class=”mon”>3<\/td><td class=”tue”>4<\/td><td class=”wed”>5<\/td><td class=”thu”>6<\/td><td class=”fri”>7<\/td><td class=”sat”>8<\/td><td class=”sun”>9<\/td><\/tr>
    \n<tr><td class=”mon”>10<\/td><td class=”tue”>11<\/td><td class=”wed”>12<\/td><td class=”thu”>13<\/td><td class=”fri”>14<\/td><td class=”sat”>15<\/td><td class=”sun”>16<\/td><\/tr>
    \n<tr><td class=”mon”>17<\/td><td class=”tue”>18<\/td><td class=”wed”>19<\/td><td class=”thu”>20<\/td><td class=”fri”>21<\/td><td class=”sat”>22<\/td><td class=”sun”>23<\/td><\/tr>
    \n<tr><td class=”mon”>24<\/td><td class=”tue”>25<\/td><td class=”wed”>26<\/td><td class=”thu”>27<\/td><td class=”fri”>28<\/td><td class=”sat”>29<\/td><td class=”sun”>30<\/td><\/tr>
    \n<tr><td class=”mon”>31<\/td><td class=”noday”>&nbsp;<\/td><td class=”noday”>&nbsp;<\/td><td class=”noday”>&nbsp;<\/td><td class=”noday”>&nbsp;<\/td><td class=”noday”>&nbsp;<\/td><td class=”noday”>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr>
    \n<\/table><\/div>\n
    2. formatyear(theyear,width=3) – HTML table for year calendar<\/h4>\n
    This gives us an HTML table for an entire year\u2019s calendar. The width gives us the number of months in a row and defaults to 3.<\/span><\/p>\n
    >>> print(h.formatyear(2018,5))<\/pre>\n
    3. formatyearpage(theyear,width=3,css=\u2019calendar.css\u2019,encoding=None)<\/h4>\n
    This gives us an entire year\u2019s calendar as an HTML page with the width defaulting to 3. If we use no cascading style sheet, we can put None there.<\/span><\/p>\n
    >>> print(h.formatyearpage(2018,css=None))<\/pre>\n
    Functions in the Python Calendar Module<\/h3>\n
    So far, we have seen two subclasses of the Python Calendar Class- TextCalendar and HTMLCalendar. Now, let\u2019s take a look at all the functions we have with the Python Calendar Module.<\/p>\n
    1. calendar.setfirstweekday(weekday) – Set a day to begin the week at<\/h4>\n
    This lets us set which day of the week to begin a week at. 0 is Monday and 6 is Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n
    >>> t.setfirstweekday(cd.SUNDAY)\r\n>>> print(t.formatyear(2018,5))<\/pre>\n
    2. calendar.firstweekday – First day of the week<\/h4>\n
    This gives us the first day of the week.<\/span><\/p>\n
    >>> t.firstweekday<\/pre>\n
    Output<\/strong><\/p>\n
    6<\/div>\n
    3. calendar.isleap(year) – Whether a year is leap year<\/h4>\n
    This tells us whether a year is leap.<\/span><\/p>\n
    >>> cd.isleap(2018)<\/pre>\n
    Output<\/strong><\/p>\n
    False<\/div>\n
    4. calendar.leapdays(y1,y2) – Number of leap years in range<\/h4>\n
    From year y1 to year y2, this gives us the number of leap years.<\/span><\/p>\n
    >>> cd.leapdays(1995,2018)<\/pre>\n
    Output<\/strong><\/p>\n
    6<\/div>\n
    5. calendar.weekday(year,month,day) – Day of week<\/h4>\n
    This returns the day of week, where 0 is Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n
    >>> cd.weekday(2018,12,31)<\/pre>\n
    Output<\/strong><\/p>\n
    0<\/div>\n
    6. calendar.weekheader(n) – Abbreviated weekday names<\/h4>\n
    This gives us a header holding abbreviated weekday names. w is the width in characters for one weekday.<\/span><\/p>\n
    >>> cd.weekheader(1)<\/pre>\n
    Output<\/strong><\/p>\n
    ‘S M T W T F S’<\/div>\n
    >>> cd.weekheader(2)<\/pre>\n
    Output<\/strong><\/p>\n
    ‘Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa’<\/div>\n
    >>> cd.weekheader(3)<\/pre>\n
    Output<\/strong><\/p>\n
    ‘Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat’<\/div>\n
    7. calendar.monthrange(year,month) – First day of month, number of days<\/h4>\n
    This gives us the first day of the month and the number of days<\/span><\/p>\n
    >>> cd.monthrange(2018,12)<\/pre>\n
    Output<\/strong><\/p>\n
    (5, 31)<\/div>\n
    8. calendar.monthcalendar(year,month) – Matrix of month calendar<\/h4>\n
    This gives us a matrix for a month\u2019s calendar.<\/span><\/p>\n
    >>> for i in cd.monthcalendar(2018,12):\r\n        print(i)<\/pre>\n
    Output<\/strong><\/p>\n
    [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1]
    \n[2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
    \n[9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
    \n[16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22]
    \n[23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29]
    \n[30, 31, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]<\/div>\n
    9. calendar.prmonth(theyear,themonth,w=0,l=0) – Print multiline month<\/h4>\n
    This prints the month that calendar.month gives us.<\/span><\/p>\n
    >>> cd.prmonth(2018,12)<\/pre>\n
     <\/p>\n
    10. calendar.month(theyear,themonth,w=0,l=0) – Multiline month string<\/h4>\n
    This gives us a month\u2019s calendar in a multiline string. For this, it uses the formatmonth() method from TextCalendar.<\/span><\/p>\n
    >>> cd.month(2018,12)<\/pre>\n
    Output<\/strong><\/p>\n
    ‘ \u00a0\u00a0December 2018\\nSu Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa\\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01\\n 2 3 4 5 6 7 8\\n 9 10 11 12 13 14 15\\n16 17 18 19 20 21 22\\n23 24 25 26 27 28 29\\n30 31\\n’<\/div>\n
    11. calendar.prcal(year,w=0,l=0,c=6,m=3) – Print year calendar<\/h4>\n
    This prints the calendar of an entire year- one that calendar.calendar returns.<\/span><\/p>\n
    >>> cd.prcal(2018)<\/pre>\n
    12. calendar.calendar(year,w=2,l=1,c=6,m=3) – Multiline string year calendar<\/h4>\n
    This gives us a 3-column year calendar as a multiline string. For this, it uses the formatyear() method from TextCalendar.<\/span><\/p>\n
    >>> cd.calendar(2018)<\/pre>\n
    Output<\/strong><\/p>\n
    ‘ \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02018\\n\\n January \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0February March\\nSu Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa\\n 1 2 3 4 \u00a05 6 1 2 3 1 2 3\\n 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a04 5 6 7 8 9 10 4 5 6 7 8 9 10\\n14 15 16 17 18 19 20 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a011 12 13 14 15 16 17\\n21 22 23 24 25 26 27 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 18 19 20 21 22 23 24\\n28 29 30 31 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a025 26 27 28 25 26 27 28 29 30 31\\n\\n April May June\\nSu Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa\\n 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 1 2\\n 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a06 7 8 9 10 11 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9\\n15 16 17 18 19 20 21 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 10 11 12 13 14 15 16\\n22 23 24 25 26 27 28 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a017 18 19 20 21 22 23\\n29 30 27 28 29 30 31 24 25 26 27 28 29 30\\n\\n July August September\\nSu Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa\\n 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 1\\n 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8\\n15 16 17 18 19 20 21 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a012 13 14 15 16 17 18 9 10 11 12 13 14 15\\n22 23 24 25 26 27 28 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 16 17 18 19 20 21 22\\n29 30 31 26 27 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29\\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a030\\n\\n October November December\\nSu Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa\\n 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 1\\n 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 4 \u00a05 6 7 8 9 10 2 3 4 5 6 7 8\\n14 15 16 17 18 19 20 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 9 10 11 12 13 14 15\\n21 22 23 24 25 26 27 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 16 17 18 19 20 21 22\\n28 29 30 31 25 26 27 28 29 30 23 24 25 26 27 28 29\\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a030 31\\n’<\/div>\n
    13. calendar.timegm(tuple) – Timestamp value from time tuple<\/h4>\n
    This take a time tuple and returns a timestamp value with the epoch being 1970 and with a POSIX encoding. This is the inverse of time.gmtime().<\/span><\/p>\n
    >>> import time\r\n>>> cd.timegm(time.gmtime(30000))<\/pre>\n
    Output<\/strong><\/p>\n
    30000<\/div>\n
    So, this was all in the Python Calendar Module Tutorial. Hope you like our explanation.<\/span><\/p>\n
    Python Interview Questions on Calendar Module<\/h3>\n
      \n
    1. What is the Calendar Module in Python?<\/li>\n
    2. How to use the Python Calendar Module?<\/li>\n
    3. How to print a whole year Calendar in Python?<\/li>\n
    4. How to make a Calendar program in Python?<\/li>\n
    5. How to import a Calendar Module in Python?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      Conclusion<\/span><\/h3>\n
      Hence, in this Python Calendar tutorial, we saw the Calendar Module in Python. Moreover, we discussed the Python Calendar example to understand the module easily. <\/span><\/p>\n
      Also, we look at TextCalendar and HTML Calendar in Python. At last, we learned the functions in the Python calendar Module. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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