datetime - Formatting "yesterday's" date in python

Question

I need to find "yesterday's" date in this format MMDDYY in Python.

So for instance, today's date would be represented like this: 111009

I can easily do this for today but I have trouble doing it automatically for "yesterday".

Answer 1

Use datetime.timedelta()

>>> from datetime import date, timedelta
>>> yesterday = date.today() - timedelta(days=1)
>>> yesterday.strftime('%m%d%y')
'110909'