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[โ€“] hinterlufer@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I don't think this is implemented in the standard datetime library, but in principle overriding sub is easily possible and you can define it as you'd wish.

However, I think subtracting a year is a bit ill defined, because it isn't clear which year you're subtracting given the leap year issue.

[โ€“] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

If you're subtracting a year from a date, you could just keep the date constant while changing the year, and adjust Feb 29 as needed.