Python's datetime: "AttributeError: type object 'datetime.date' has no attribute 'strptime'"

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I'm trying to convert a string date_str = '01-01-2000' to a date object, and want to compare with a given date.

I used my_date = datetime.datetime.strptime(date_str, "%d-%m-%Y") which works, until I try to compare with a given date:

    if my_date <= other_date:
TypeError: can't compare datetime.datetime to datetime.date

When I change datetime to date and do datetime.date.strptime(date_str, "%d-%m-%Y"), I get AttributeError: type object 'datetime.date' has no attribute 'strptime':

datetime.date.strptime(date_str, "%d-%m-%Y")
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<input>", line 1, in <module>
AttributeError: type object 'datetime.date' has no attribute 'strptime'

SaeX · Accepted Answer · 2021-03-06 11:21:09Z

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There indeed is no strptime() for a datetime.date object, and there is no strpdate() function either.

Just use datetime.strptime() and convert to a date object afterwards:

my_date = datetime.datetime.strptime(date_str, "%d-%m-%Y").date()

edited Mar 6, 2021 at 11:21

answered Mar 4, 2021 at 20:21

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Nice Zombies · Accepted Answer · 2025-10-10 07:37:01Z

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I've added support for this in Python 3.14:

$ python -V
Python 3.14.0

>>> from datetime import date
>>> date.strptime("01-01-2000", "%d-%m-%Y")
datetime.date(2000, 1, 1)

answered Oct 10 at 7:37

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G Kissin Nov 4 at 20:27

docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#datetime.date.strptime - "Added in version 3.14"

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