Python: Get two dates difference in number of days

Below snippet return the difference between two dates in number of days.

diff = date1 - date2
days_diff = diff.days

dates_diff_in_no_of_days.py

from datetime import datetime, timedelta

def diff_in_days(date1, date2):
    diff = date1 - date2
    return diff.days

date2 = datetime(1988, 6, 6)
date1 = datetime.today()

print (diff_in_days(date1, date2))

 

Output

12157

 

 

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