I need to convert a series of digits like 060713 to a string so I can
make it look like a date 06-07-13.
>>> a = 060713
>>> a[:2]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: 'int' object has no attribute '__getitem__'
>>> b = str(a)
>>> b[:2]
'25'
>>> b
'25035'
>>>
I was confused at first but then realized that the 0 makes it octal. I
thought str() would do it but it didn't. Reading about str() it talks of
string representation. So how can I convert it to a true string I can
slice and build my date look a like?
Thanks, Jim
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