<s>[INST] How do I calculate number of days betwen two dates using Python? If I have two dates (ex. '8/18/2008' and '9/26/2008') what is the best way to get the difference measured in days?
 [/INST] If you have two date objects, you can just subtract them.
from datetime import date

d0 = date(2008, 8, 18)
d1 = date(2008, 9, 26)
delta = d0 - d1
print delta.days

The relevant section of the docs:
https://docs.python.org/library/datetime.html
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