Hier ein Beispiel, bei dem der Benutzer entscheiden kann, wie ein Datum zurückgegeben werden soll, bei dem der Tag größer ist als die Anzahl der Tage im Monat.
def add_months(date, months, endOfMonthBehaviour='RoundUp'):
assert endOfMonthBehaviour in ['RoundDown', 'RoundIn', 'RoundOut', 'RoundUp'], \
'Unknown end of month behaviour'
year = date.year + (date.month + months - 1) / 12
month = (date.month + months - 1) % 12 + 1
day = date.day
last = monthrange(year, month)[1]
if day > last:
if endOfMonthBehaviour == 'RoundDown' or \
endOfMonthBehaviour == 'RoundOut' and months < 0 or \
endOfMonthBehaviour == 'RoundIn' and months > 0:
day = last
elif endOfMonthBehaviour == 'RoundUp' or \
endOfMonthBehaviour == 'RoundOut' and months > 0 or \
endOfMonthBehaviour == 'RoundIn' and months < 0:
# we don't need to worry about incrementing the year
# because there will never be a day in December > 31
month += 1
day = 1
return datetime.date(year, month, day)
>>> from calendar import monthrange
>>> import datetime
>>> add_months(datetime.datetime(2016, 1, 31), 1)
datetime.date(2016, 3, 1)
>>> add_months(datetime.datetime(2016, 1, 31), -2)
datetime.date(2015, 12, 1)
>>> add_months(datetime.datetime(2016, 1, 31), -2, 'RoundDown')
datetime.date(2015, 11, 30)