Look into using a TypeDecorator around String.   

process_bind_param() and process_result_value() would coerce the data between 
string / Python date.

http://www.sqlalchemy.org/docs/core/types.html#augmenting-existing-types
some examples: 
http://www.sqlalchemy.org/docs/core/types.html#typedecorator-recipes



On Jun 18, 2011, at 9:50 PM, Mark Erbaugh wrote:

> I have a legacy database where dates are stored in the format mm/dd/yyyy 
> (i.e. 06/18/2011).  Is it possible to adapte the Sqlalchemy DATE() type to 
> use this format?  If not, is is possible to create a new class to handle this 
> format?
> 
> Thanks,
> Mark
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