Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!news.tele.dk!feed118.news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.051 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.90; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:object': 0.07; 'comparisons,': 0.16; 'delimited': 0.16; 'etc?': 0.16; 'objects:': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'received:74.125.82.44': 0.17; 'received :mail-ww0-f44.google.com': 0.17; 'thanks,': 0.18; '>>>': 0.18; 'convert': 0.19; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.22; 'structure': 0.23; 'received:192.168.1.100': 0.23; 'pm,': 0.24; 'aug': 0.24; 'object,': 0.24; 'string': 0.26; "i'm": 0.27; 'correct': 0.28; 'import': 0.28; 'print': 0.29; 'there': 0.33; 'to:addr:python- list': 0.33; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.34; 'message-id:@gmail.com': 0.34; 'from:charset:iso-8859-1': 0.35; 'subject:How': 0.35; 'file': 0.36; 'but': 0.37; 'received:74.125.82': 0.38; 'received:google.com': 0.38; 'subject:: ': 0.39; 'received:192': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:74.125': 0.39; 'skip:d 20': 0.39; 'skip:= 50': 0.63; 'discovered': 0.68; 'records': 0.72; 'date?': 0.84; 'datetime': 0.84; 'spaces.': 0.84; 'skip:d 50': 0.93 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Gek0qQwGbodQGAcJS6d8cf6LT1mxA8ixLTCeDvOp8NM=; b=xPRtfrX661kqSifT1563n/CrYsc0MMHIHNnWaUJ2KC9wMwFzyKqYWz6VFjog5PMEr8 q3WDDjjZ4R1d6eXXg+uSHFEmW0f6wnz3Hk8NSNqIjJubrXsfiaku3wlS/Nd1POxrRPKd HtiCxNU6i8yEBa3sXkomUcrc7nkApCGuBoZ+M= Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 22:11:00 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rafael_Dur=E1n_Casta=F1eda?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.18) Gecko/20110617 Thunderbird/3.1.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: How do I convert String into Date object References: <83822ecb-3643-42c6-a2bf-0187c07d351d@a10g2000yqn.googlegroups.com> <6f4283c7-794c-41f1-93fd-6d9be73894c2@w11g2000vbp.googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: <6f4283c7-794c-41f1-93fd-6d9be73894c2@w11g2000vbp.googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 40 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1313266271 news.xs4all.nl 23894 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:52141 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:11353 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 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,