["python","datetime","date","time"]
How would I compute exactly 30 days into the past with Python (down to the minute)?

In Python, I'm attempting to retrieve the date/time that is exactly 30 days (30*24hrs) into the past. At present, I'm simply doing: >>> import datetime >>> start_date = datetime.date.today() + datetime.timedelta(-30) Which returns a datetime object, but with no time data: >>> start_date.year 2009 >>> start_date.hour Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> AttributeError: 'datetime.date' object has no attribute 'hour'
You want to use a datetime object instead of just a date object: start_date = datetime.datetime.now() - datetime.timedelta(30) date just stores a date and time just a time. datetime is a date with a time.