convert string to date type python
date, datetime, python, string
Solution
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)
Problem
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