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18 Feb 2017
1def valid_date(s):
2    try:
3        return datetime.strptime(s, "%Y-%m-%d")
4    except ValueError:
5        msg = "Not a valid date: '{0}'.".format(s)
6        raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError(msg)
7
8parser.add_argument("-s", 
9                    "--startdate", 
10                    help="The Start Date - format YYYY-MM-DD", 
11                    required=True, 
12                    type=valid_date)
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