The fromisoformat() function is used to constructs a date object from a specified string that contains a date in ISO format. i.e., yyyy-mm-dd.
Syntax: @classmethod fromisoformat(date_string)
Parameters: This function accepts a parameter which is illustrated below:
- date_string: This is the specified ISO format i.e., yyyy-mm-dd date string whose date object is going to be constructed.
Return values: This function returns a date object constructed from the specified ISO format date string.
Example 1: Getting a date object from a specified string that contains date in ISO format. i.e., yyyy-mm-dd
Python3
# Python3.7 code for Getting # a date object from a specified # string that contains date in # ISO format. i.e., yyyy-mm-dd   # Importing datetime module import datetime   # Initializing a date Date = "2012-10-12";   # Calling fromisoformat() function to # construct a datetime.date object New_date = datetime.date.fromisoformat(Date);   # Printing the new constructed date object print("The constructed date object is: %s"%New_date); |
Output:
The constructed date object is: 2012-10-12
Example 2: Get the newly created date object for the specified date.
Python3
# Python3.7 code for Getting # a date object from a specified # string that contains date in # ISO format. i.e., yyyy-mm-dd   # Importing datetime module from datetime import date   # Calling the fromisoformat() function # to Print the new created date object # for the specified date in # ISO format of 2020-10-09 print(date.fromisoformat('2020-10-09')) |
Output:
2020-10-09
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