Date Variables and URL Parameters

[pythonjm]

Is it SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE to convert a DATE in python into a STRING suitable for a query parameter embedded in a URL? FOR ME IT IS. I've tried adding the date to lists, to dictionaries, writing it to CSV files(because it seems you can write a date STRING to a CSV file) then reading that CSV file back in. QUESTION IS:HOW do I accept a simple date into a program, then turn around and feed that date into a long URL string with ONE parameter being that date? Also, is there some secret to all of the gobledegook special characters framing list or or dictionary entries when I simply want the kernel of DATA ONLY that is inside of those frames(I understand that they ARE necessary within list/dictionary constructs but why does a PRINT statement have to include them?) Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.