is there a way to create an enum class to map different date formats in python?

Question

I would like to create a Class that would convert common date formats to their python equivalent.

I thought of an enum class but I have a problem when I have variable names with hyphens (which is not possible in python).

import enum
class DateFormatList(enum.Enum):
   yyyymmdd = '%Y%m%d'
   yymmdd = '%y%m%d'

I have issue with:

mmm-dd-yyyy = '%b-%d-%Y'

Any suggestion about how to do this?

Python variable names cannot have hyphens as it can't be distinguished from subtraction. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2064329/why-python-does-not-allow-hyphens — SteveK, Apr 12 '20 at 13:50

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 12 '20 at 13:50

Python does not allow hyphens in the variable name because it is treated as a subtraction operator. Before you call the class, you could convert the hyphens in the string to an underscore, or some other character. And have your enum reflect that character

is there a way to create an enum class to map different date formats in python?

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