How do I sort this list in Python, if my date is in a String?

Question

[{\'date\': \'2010-04-01\', \'people\': 1047, \'hits\': 4522}, {\'date\': \'2010-04-03\', \'people\': 617, \'hits\': 2582}, {\'date\': \'2010-04-02\', \'people\': 73         


        

Answer 1

records = [
     {'date': '2010-04-01', 'people': 1047, 'hits': 4522}, 
     {'date': '2010-04-03', 'people': 617, 'hits': 2582}, 
     {'date': '2010-04-02', 'people': 736, 'hits': 3277}
     ]
records.sort(key=lambda x: x['date'].split('-'))