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How to get the date N days ago in Python

from datetime import datetime, timedelta

N = 2

date_N_days_ago = datetime.now() - timedelta(days=N)

print(datetime.now())
print(date_N_days_ago)

Results:

2019-03-01 13:02:15.056303
2019-02-27 13:02:15.056285

For more information see the timedelta documentation

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