import datetime from datetime import datetime def differ_days(date1, date2): a = date1 b = date2 return (a-b).days print() print(differ_days((datetime(2016,10,12,0,0,0)), datetime(2015,12,10,0,0,0))) print(differ_days((datetime(2016,10,12,0,0,0)), datetime(2015,12,10,23,59,59))) print()