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Created March 9, 2013 07:41
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Python: datetime: find last friday
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findLastFriday.py
#/usr/bin/python
import datetime, calendar
lastFriday = datetime.date.today()
oneday = datetime.timedelta(days=1)
while lastFriday.weekday() != calendar.FRIDAY:
lastFriday -= oneday
print lastFriday.strftime("%D")
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