在支持日期时间数学运算的同时，实现的关注点更着重于如何能够更有效地解析其属性用于格式化输出和数据操作。datetime 模块提供用于处理日期和时间的类。
计算距离特定事件天数的例子:
>>> import time
>>> from datetime import date
>>> today = date.today()
>>> today
datetime.date(2007, 12, 5)
>>> today == date.fromtimestamp(time.time())
True
>>> my_birthday = date(today.year, 6, 24)
>>> if my_birthday < today:
... my_birthday = my_birthday.replace(year=today.year + 1)
>>> my_birthday
datetime.date(2008, 6, 24)
>>> time_to_birthday = abs(my_birthday - today)
>>> time_to_birthday.days
使用 date 的更多例子：
>>> from datetime import date
>>> d = date.fromordinal(730920) # 730920th day after 1. 1. 0001
>>> d
datetime.date(2002, 3, 11)
>>> # Methods related to formatting string output
>>> d.isoformat()
'2002-03-11'
>>> d.strftime("%d/%m/%y")
'11/03/02'
>>> d.strftime("%A %d. %B %Y")
'Monday 11. March 2002'
>>> d.ctime()
'Mon Mar 11 00:00:00 2002'
>>> 'The {1} is {0:%d}, the {2} is {0:%B}.'.format(d, "day", "month")
'The day is 11, the month is March.'
>>> # Methods for to extracting 'components' under different calendars
>>> t = d.timetuple()
>>> for i in t:
... print(i)
2002 # year
3 # month
11 # day
0
0
0
0 # weekday (0 = Monday)
70 # 70th day in the year
-1
>>> ic = d.isocalendar()
>>> for i in ic:
... print(i)
2002 # ISO year
11 # ISO week number
1 # ISO day number ( 1 = Monday )
>>> # A date object is immutable; all operations produce a new object
>>> d.replace(year=2005)
datetime.date(2005, 3, 11)
