Get Current Week Number in Python (Example)

In this tutorial, I’ll demonstrate how to return the current number of week in the Python programming language.

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Sound good? Let’s just jump right in!

Example Data & Software Libraries

First, we need to import the datetime module.

import datetime                                      # Import datetime module in Python

Next, we’ll also need to create some example data:

my_date = datetime.date.today()                      # Show actual date
print(my_date)
# 2022-06-13

The previous outputted date will be used for this tutorial.

Example: Get the Current Week Number

To return the week number of a date, we can use the isocalendar function.

This function returns the datetime object as a tuple containing the following information: year, number of week, and day of the week.

year, week_num, day_of_week = my_date.isocalendar()  # Using isocalendar() function
print("Week #" + str(week_num)) # Showing week number
# Week #24

Consider the Python code above. We can use the str() function, to return the data we want to extract, so in our case str(week_num).

Video, Further Resources & Summary

Do you want to know more about the returning of the current week number? Then I recommend having a look at the following video on my YouTube channel. In the video, I illustrate the Python programming syntax of this article:

Furthermore, you might want to read the related articles on my website. You can find some posts below.

• Get Day of Week from datetime in Python – Number & Name (3 Examples)
• Get Week Number of datetime in Python (Example)
• Subtract Days, Months & Years from datetime Object in Python (3 Examples)
• Add Days, Months & Years to datetime Object in Python (3 Examples)
• Introduction to Python Programming

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