You can use datetime objects:
>>> dt1 = datetime.datetime.strptime('07/27/2011',"%m/%d/%Y")
>>> dt2 =datetime.datetime.strptime('07/28/2011',"%m/%d/%Y")
>>> dt1 == dt2
False
>>> dt1 > dt2
False
>>> dt1 < dt2
True
>>> dt1 - dt2
datetime.timedelta(-1)
On 13/08/11 21:26, MrPink wrote:
I have file of records delimited by spaces.
I need to import the date string and convert them into date datatypes.
'07/27/2011' 'Event 1 Description'
'07/28/2011' 'Event 2 Description'
'07/29/2011' 'Event 3 Description'
I just discovered that my oDate is not an object, but a structure and
not a date datatype.
I'm stumped. Is there a way to convert a string into a date datatype
for comparisons, equality, etc?
Thanks,
On Aug 13, 3:14 pm, MrPink<tdsimp...@gmail.com> wrote:
Is this the correct way to convert a String into a Date?
I only have dates and no time.
import time, datetime
oDate = time.strptime('07/27/2011', '%m/%d/%Y')
print oDate
Thanks,
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