I have a DateField in django whose default value is set to timezone.now
How can I get the week of the day. I mean the day is either sunday or monday or other ??
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See: [which day of week given a date python](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9847213/which-day-of-week-given-a-date-python) – Jens Astrup Feb 19 '17 at 16:24
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In `views.py` or in a template? – Chris Feb 19 '17 at 16:34
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@Chris in views and template both – varad Feb 19 '17 at 16:37
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A Django DateField is
represented in Python by a
datetime.dateinstance
So in Python code you can use date.weekday() or date.isoweekday() on it.
In a template you should use the date filter, e.g.
Today is {{ date_variable|date:"l" }}
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