Question

This works !

>>> from datetime import date

>>> today=date(2011,10,11)

But how do I do this ?

>>> day =  '2011/10/11'

>>> today=date(day.split('/'))

note:

>>> day.split('/') 

['2011', '10', '11']

I have seen this link.But i need integers for the date() not a list

Answer 1

Use datetime.datetime.strptime(), which is designed specifically for parsing dates:

In [5]: datetime.datetime.strptime('2011/12/03', '%Y/%m/%d').date()
Out[5]: datetime.date(2011, 12, 3)