PyQt: How to convert from Python to QDate style

Question

QtCore.QDate accepts three integers as arguments: year first, then month, then date. Example:

myDateEdit.setMaximumDate(QtCore.QDate(2015, 12, 28)) 

In order to "convert" QDate 'style' to Python use:

myPythonicDate=myDateEdit.date().toPyDate()
print myPythonicDate
'2014-04-17'

The question is:

# With a variable:

myPythonicDate='2014-04-17'

what syntax is used to declare QDate object... the following won't work:

myDateEdit.setDate(QtCore.QDate(myPythonicDate))

Answer 1

The fromString method of QDate will do the conversion for you:

myPythonicDate='2014-04-17'
qtDate = QtCore.QDate.fromString(myPythonicDate, 'yyyy-MM-dd')
print qtDate.year(), qtDate.month(), qtDate.day()
2014 4 17

yyyy-MM-dd is the format of your date; yyyy indicates a four digit year while MM and dd indicate month/date are two characters. See the fromString documentation for a list of additional field options.