[SOLVED] QDate is not convertible to datetime

QDate is not convertible to datetime

I have a geodataframe which I'm adding some column data to, all the same length, to get this in the correct format for another application I do the following:

revdate = datetime.date(1999, 12, 20).strftime("%Y-%m-%d")

gdf = gpd.GeoDataFrame()
gdf['revdate'] = revdate
gdf['revdate'] = pd.to_datetime(gdf['revdate']).dt.strftime("%m/%d/%Y")

Incorporating PyQt5 I use a DateEdit field, I need to go through the same procedure as above:

revdate = self.dateEditRevDate.date()

gdf = gpd.GeoDataFrame()
gdf['revdate'] = revdate
gdf['revdate'] = pd.to_datetime(gdf['revdate']).dt.strftime("%m/%d/%Y")

The date is received This date is in format PyQt5.QtCore.QDate(2000, 1, 1)

It trips up on this line:

gdf['hs2_revdate'] = pd.to_datetime(gdf['hs2_revdate']).dt.strftime("%m/%d/%Y")

With a type error TypeError: <class 'PyQt5.QtCore.QDate'> is not convertible to datetime

Any pointers appreciated.

Solution

Don't get too complicated trying to use QDate as you can convert it to datetime.date() using the toPyDate() method:

revdate = self.dateEditRevDate.date().toPyDate().strftime("%Y-%m-%d")