Calendar Functions in Python | Set 2(monthrange(),

prcal(), weekday()…)
Some of calendar functions are discussed in the Set 1

1. monthrange(year, month) :- This function returns two integers, first, the starting
day number of week(0 as monday) , second, the number of days in the month.
2. prcal(year, w, l, c) :- This function also prints the calendar of specific year but there
is no need of “print” operation to execute this.
# Python code to demonstrate the working of
# monthrange() and prcal()

# importing calendar module for calendar operations

import calendar

# using monthrange() to print start week day and

# number of month
print ("The start week number and no. of days of month : ",end="")
print (calendar.monthrange(2008, 2))

# using prcal() to print calendar of 1997

print ("The calendar of 1997 is : ")
calendar.prcal(1997, 2,1,6)

Output:

The start week number and no. of days of month : (4, 29)

The calendar of 1997 is :

1997

January February March

Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su

1 2 3 4 5 1 2 1 2

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

27 28 29 30 31 24 25 26 27 28 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

31

April May June

Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su

1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 1

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
28 29 30 26 27 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

30

July August September

Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su

1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

28 29 30 31 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 29 30

October November December

Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su

1 2 3 4 5 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

27 28 29 30 31 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 29 30 31

3. prmonth(year, month, w, l) :- This function also prints the month of specific

year but there is no need of “print” operation to execute this.
4. setfirstweekday(num) :- This function sets the day start number of week.
# Python code to demonstrate the working of
# prmonth() and setfirstweekday()

# importing calendar module for calendar operations

import calendar

# using prmonth() to print calendar of 1997

print ("The 4th month of 1997 is : ")
calendar.prmonth(1997, 4, 2, 1)

# using setfirstweekday() to set first week day number

calendar.setfirstweekday(4)

print ("\r")

# using firstweekday() to check the changed day

print ("The new week day number is : ",end="")
print (calendar.firstweekday())

Output:
The 4th month of 1997 is :

April 1997

Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su

1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

28 29 30

The new week day number is : 4

5. weekday(year, month, date) :- This function returns the week day number(0 is
Monday) of the date specified in its arguments.
# Python code to demonstrate the working of
# weekday()

# importing calendar module for calendar operations

import calendar

# using weekday() to print day number of date

print ("The day number of 25 April 1997 is : ",end="")
print (calendar.weekday(1997,4,25))

Output:

The day number of 25 April 1997 is : 4