Initialize from existing `datetime.date` object?

[jacebrowning]

pendulum.instance(dt) works for datetime.datetime, but how can I initialize a Pendulum object from an existing datetime.date (specifically a Django DateField)?

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My current workaround:

pendulum.parse(str(date_object))

[ghost]

from datetime import datetime as dt
import pendulum
pendulum.instance(dt.fromordinal(date_object.toordinal()))

This should work.

Edit:
This is better:

pendulum.datetime(date.year,date.month,date.day)

[jacebrowning]

Could we add that behavior to pendulum.instance()?

[kakulukia]

+1

[trancee]

+1

I would also check for datetime.time so we have all possible cases of a datetime covered with Pendulum.

[joaodlf]

+1 This would be a great addition to the API!

[SemMulder]

+1

[joaomcarlos]

+1

[racerthunder]

+1

[lonsun]

+1

[Alsanis]

+1

[rodrigondec]

+1

[madisvain]

I would like to pump this. I find doing this over and over and would love if pendulum had this feature built in.

[AaronBeaudoin]

This is a no-brainer for me. I work with an ORM that returns datetime.date instances, and having to pick them apart to pass them into pendulum.instance feels like the symptom of a missing feature.

[richieadler]

+1

[kakulukia]

I have created a first draft at https://github.com/kakulukia/pendulum .. im missing some tests before opening a puss request, but like to get some feedback first.

[blondelg]

+1

[yardensachs]

+1

[lena]

+1

[mcguigon0033]

+1

[jackb2113]

+1

[codytowstik]

+1 !

[FichteFoll]

I've also looked into the documentation & the code in search for this behavior. In the code, I see that even the shorthand class functions to initialize a Date like today first construct a native datetime.date object before they create the instance using its result. This surely would also profit from a Date.instance class function constructor.

https://github.com/sdispater/pendulum/blob/c4e518c950bcf0a4214b36c5992ae27d3c40e47f/pendulum/date.py#L740-L755