Unable to Loop Over Date

[gdbengo]

Hello, I'm trying to loop over a dictionary that contains date but as I do so I'm unable to print out the date, can you help me on this and possibly explain why? Thanks

Below is my code snippet:

from datetime import date

my_dates = {"Jane": str(date(1994, 12, 25)), "Daniel": str(date(2000, 11, 13)), "George": str(date(1971, 9, 27))}
for mdate in my_dates:
    print(mdate)

Output:
C:\Users\...\Desktop\coding>python dict_date.py
Jane
Daniel
George

[ndc85430]

Iterating over a dictionary means iterating over the keys. Use those to get the values, or use the values method if you want just the values, or items if you want both keys and values.

[menator01]

Examples:

#! /usr/bin/env python3

from datetime import date

my_dates = {"Jane": str(date(1994, 12, 25)), "Daniel": str(date(2000, 11, 13)), "George": str(date(1971, 9, 27))}

text = 'Using key, value pair'
print(f'{text}')
print('-'*len(text))
for name, date in my_dates.items():
    print(f'Name: {name} Date: {date}')
print()

text = 'Using only key'
print(text)
print('-'*len(text))
for name in my_dates.keys():
    print(f'Name: {name}')
print()

text = 'Using only value'
print(text)
print('-'*len(text))
for date in my_dates.values():
    print(f'Date: {date}')

Output:
Using key, value pair
---------------------
Name: Jane Date: 1994-12-25
Name: Daniel Date: 2000-11-13
Name: George Date: 1971-09-27

Using only key
--------------
Name: Jane
Name: Daniel
Name: George

Using only value
----------------
Date: 1994-12-25
Date: 2000-11-13
Date: 1971-09-27