get_financial_year¶

pyrcs.parser.get_financial_year(date)[source]¶

Gets the financial year of a given date.

The financial year runs from 1st April to 31st March of the following year. This function takes a date and determines the financial year it falls into.

Parameters:: date (datetime.datetime) – The date for which the financial year is to be determined.
Returns:: The financial year of the given date.
Return type:: int

Examples:

>>> from pyrcs.parser import get_financial_year
>>> import datetime
>>> financial_year = get_financial_year(date=datetime.datetime(2021, 3, 31))
>>> financial_year
2020