Converting strings to dates

[Dan Bishop]

Chermside, Michael wrote:
> I'm trying to convert a string back into a datetime.date.
>
> First I'll create the string:
>
>
> Python 2.4 (#60, Nov 30 2004, 11:49:19) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)]
on
> win32
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more
information.
> >>> import time, datetime
> >>> a_date = datetime.date.today()
> >>> s = str(a_date)
> >>> print s
> 2005-02-04
>
> Now I convert it back:
>
> >>> new_date = datetime.date.fromtimestamp(
> ...     time.mktime(time.strptime(s, '%Y-%m-%d')))
> >>> new_date
> datetime.date(2005, 2, 4)
>
>
> WOW, that's ugly. Is there a more concise way to do this?

datetime.date(*map(int, s.split("-")))