finding first day of the month in python

Question

I\'m trying to find the first day of the month in python with one condition: if my current date passed the 25th of the month, then the first date variable will hold the first da

Answer 1

You can use dateutil.rrule:

In [1]: from dateutil.rrule import *

In [2]: rrule(DAILY, bymonthday=1)[0].date()
Out[2]: datetime.date(2018, 10, 1)

In [3]: rrule(DAILY, bymonthday=1)[1].date()
Out[3]: datetime.date(2018, 11, 1)