def coerceDate(value, mode = "best"):
"""Coerce value to date according to mode."""
# try parsing the date
parts = parseDatetime(str(value))
if parts is None:
return _handleMode(value, "date", mode)
# build a date object
return date(parts.get("year"), parts.get("month"), parts.get("day"))
def coerceDatetime(value, mode = "best"):
"""Coerce value to datetime according to mode."""
# try parsing the datetime
parts = parseDatetime(str(value))
if parts is None:
return _handleMode(value, "datetime", mode)
# build a date object
return datetime(parts["year"], parts["month"], parts["day"],
parts["hour"], parts["minute"], parts["second"],
parts["fraction"]) #### parts["timezone"]
