how to add/subtract 2 days in the target day in python?

Question

I have a problem in adding or subtracting 2 days to the target day... here is my code :

import datetime

target_date = datetime.date(2011,2,7)

thanks

Answer 1

Use datetime.timedelta :

import datetime
target_date = datetime.date(2011,2,7)

delta = datetime.timedelta(days=2)
new_date = target_date - delta

print new_date # 2011-02-05