convert string to date type python [duplicate]

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

Answer 1

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)