>>> from distutils.msvccompiler import get_build_version >>> version = get_build_version(); version 14.1 >>> import sys >>> sys.version '3.8.1 (tags/v3.8.1:1b293b6, Dec 18 2019, 23:11:46) [MSC v.1916 64 bit (AMD64)]' >>> s[:-2] '19' >>> majorVersion = int(s[:-2]) - 6 >>> majorVersion 13 >>> majorVersion += 1 >>> majorVersion 14 >>> s[2:3] '1' >>> minorVersion = int(s[2:3]) / 10.0 >>> minorVersion 0.1 >>> majorVersion + minorVersion 14.1