replace() Function Of Datetime.date Class In Python

replace() function is used to manipulate the object of DateTime class of module of DateTime. Generally, it replaces the date( Year, Month, Day) and returns a new DateTime object.

Syntax: replace(year=self.year, month=self.month, day=self.day)

Parameters:

• Year: New year value (range: 1 <= year <= 9999)
• month: New month value(range: 1 <= month <= 12)
• day: New day value(range: 1<= day <= 31)

Returns: New datetime object.

Example 1: Replace the year with datetime object.

Python3

# import module
from datetime import date

# Creating an instance
# of datetime
Date = date(2010, 2, 12)
print("Original date : ", Date)

# Using replace() method
New_date = Date.replace(year=2021)
print("After Modify the year:", New_date)

Output

Original date :  2010-02-12
After Modify the year: 2021-02-12

Example 2: Replace the month with datetime object.

Python3

# import module
from datetime import date

# Creating an instance
# of datetime
Date = date(2010, 2, 12)
print("Original date : ", Date)

# Using replace() method
New_date = Date.replace(month=5)
print("After Modify the month:", New_date)

Output

Original date :  2010-02-12
After Modify the month: 2010-05-12

Example 3: Replace the day with datetime object.

Python3

# import module
from datetime import date

# Creating an instance
# of datetime
Date = date(2010, 2, 12)
print("Original date : ", Date)

# Using replace() method
New_date = Date.replace(day=21)
print("After Modify the day:", New_date)

Output

Original date :  2010-02-12
After Modify the day: 2010-02-21

Example 4: Replace the time with datetime object.

Python3

from datetime import datetime

Date = datetime(2010, 2, 12, 8, 50, 23)
print("Original date and time : ", Date)

New_date = Date.replace(hour=1,
                        minute=3,
                        second=12)
print("After modify date and time : ", New_date)

Output

Original date and time :  2010-02-12 08:50:23
After modify date and time :  2010-02-12 01:03:12