riddle 2 (python)

Count the number of days between two days.

same as last time, highlight to see answer(s), in python, below.


def fn(*args): 
      x = '/'.join(str(i) for i in args[:3])
      y = '/'.join(str(i) for i in args[3:])
      return abs((datetime.strptime(x,"%Y/%m/%d")-datetime.strptime(y,"%Y/%m/%d")).days)

fn(2001,1,1,2002,2,2)

#depending on input format, could do a one-liner:

def fn(x,y): abs((datetime.strptime(x,"%Y/%m/%d")-datetime.strptime(y,"%Y/%m/%d")).days)

#it's probably possible to replace "%Y/%m/%d" with "%c"

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