On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:10:54 +1000, Ben Finney wrote:
> Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:33:33 +0530, krishnakant Mane wrote:
>>
>> > firstly, I can't get a way to convert a string like "1/2/2005" in
>> > a genuan date object which is needed for calculation.
>>
>> Why? Split the string up, convert the parts to `int` and just
>> create a `datetime.date` object.
>
> What, re-implement 'strptime' in every program that needs it? And then
> debug the result every time?
Yes. Seems easier to me. :-)
> Even if one doesn't have Python 2.5 or above, surely getting the
> string parsed into int values by the standard 'time.strptime' is
> better than re-implementing it every time.
>
>> Maybe you should read the docs next time. ;-)
>
> Back at you.
Got me. I didn't know that `datetime` has a `strptime` now. I just
looked at `date`.
Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
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