dictionary « date « Python Data Type Q&A

1. How do I sort this list in Python, if my date is in a String?    stackoverflow.com

[{'date': '2010-04-01', 'people': 1047, 'hits': 4522}, {'date': '2010-04-03', 'people': 617, 'hits': 2582}, {'date': '2010-04-02', 'people': 736, 'hits': 3277}]

2. Sorting a dictionary (with date keys) in Python    stackoverflow.com

I have a dictionary. The keys are dates (datetime). I need to sort the dictionary so that the values in the dictionary are sorted by date - so that by iterating ...

3. Adding to a date, checking if past expiration date    stackoverflow.com

One part of my program requires that the user enters a date and this date is then checked against each product in the dictionary to see if the date the product ...

4. ordering a list of dictionaries by date    stackoverflow.com

I have the following list:

l = [{datetime.date(2011, 4, 30): "Carrot"}, 
     {datetime.date(2009, 4, 12): "Banana"},
     {datetime.date(2012, 1, 1): "Corn"}]

5. How do I use sorted dates in a list as keys for a dictionary in Python?    stackoverflow.com

I have some Python code where I need to call upon a dictionary entry with a key that is a date.

    start = (date_objects[0])
    ...