convert string to date type python

Question

How do I convert a string to a date object in python?

The string would be: "30-01-12" (corresponding to the format: "%d-%m-%y")

I don't want a datetime.datetime object, but rather a datetime.date

score 48 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 21 '13 at 20:52

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You still use datetime.datetime but then request just the .date() portion:

datetime.datetime.strptime('30-01-12', '%d-%m-%y').date()

Demonstration:

>>> import datetime
>>> datetime.datetime.strptime('30-01-12', '%d-%m-%y').date()
datetime.date(2012, 1, 30)

answered Mar 21 '13 at 20:52

Martijn Pieters

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score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 21 '13 at 20:56

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This should work:

import datetime
s = "30-01-12"
slist = s.split("-")
sdate = datetime.date(int(slist[2]),int(slist[0]),int(slist[1]))

answered Mar 21 '13 at 20:56

jbuchman

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python has built in methods that handles doing this – dm03514 Mar 21 '13 at 20:57
Oops, forgot about str to int. I don't frequently use datetime, so I'm glad that there's a better way to do this. – jbuchman Mar 21 '13 at 21:00

score 4 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 21 '13 at 21:55

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from datetime import datetime,date
date_str = '30-01-12'
formatter_string = "%d-%m-%y" 
datetime_object = datetime.strptime(date_str, formatter_string)
date_object = datetime_object.date()

edited Mar 21 '13 at 21:55

Mark Parnell

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answered Mar 21 '13 at 21:36

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convert string to date type python

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