[Tutor] Convert values in a list back and forth from ints and time

[Sander Sweers]

Hello Tutors,

I use the csv module to read and write a csv file. When I read the
file into a new list I convert the ints and the dates to int and time
objects so I can do calculations. I use the below function which
works.

def convertValue(value, dateformat, reverse=False):
    if reverse:
        try:
            return strftime(dateformat, value)
        except TypeError:
            return str(value)
    else:
        try:
            return int(float(value))
        except ValueError:
            try:
                return strptime(value, dateformat)
            except:
                return value

When writing the lines back to a csv file I loop over the lists and
convert the values back with the same function but in reverse but....

I was just wondering if there is another way of dealing with this.
Should I pass the strings to the calculation function (not written
yet), do my calculations and have it return strings? Or do you have
another way?

Thanks
Sander