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
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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, 2013 at 20:52
Martijn Pieters
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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]))
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()
