How to subtract months from a date in Python

The easiest way to subtract months from a date in Python is to use the dateutil extension.

Install it with pip:

pip install python-dateutil

The relativedelta object from the dateutil.relativedelta module allows you to subtract any number of months from a date object.

In this example I always take the current date using the date.today() method.

Then I set a relativedelta of 2 months and subtract it from current_date.

from datetime import date
from dateutil.relativedelta import relativedelta

current_date = date.today()

print(current_date)

future_date = current_date - relativedelta(months=2)

print(future_date)

2022-02-15
2021-12-15

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