pandas.tseries.holiday.previous_workday#

pandas.tseries.holiday.previous_workday(dt)[source]#

Move to the previous weekday.

The date is always moved back by at least one day, even when dt already falls on a weekday. To leave weekdays unchanged and move only weekend dates back, use previous_friday.

Parameters:

dtdatetime: The date to move back from.

Returns:

datetime: The previous weekday before dt.

See also

tseries.holiday.next_workday: Move to the next weekday.
tseries.holiday.previous_friday: Move Saturday and Sunday back to the previous Friday.
tseries.holiday.before_nearest_workday: Move to the workday before the nearest workday.

Examples

>>> from datetime import datetime
>>> from pandas.tseries.holiday import previous_workday
>>> previous_workday(datetime(2022, 1, 2))  # Sunday
datetime.datetime(2021, 12, 31, 0, 0)
>>> previous_workday(datetime(2022, 1, 5))  # Wednesday, still moves back
datetime.datetime(2022, 1, 4, 0, 0)