Python: how can I check whether an object is of type datetime.date?

Question

I have tried a few obvious options but none of them works:

In [150]: x
Out[150]: datetime.date(2012, 9, 1)

In [151]: type(x)
Out[151]: datetime.date

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Answer 1

In Python 3.5, isinstance(x, date) works to me:

>>> from datetime import date
>>> x = date(2012, 9, 1)
>>> type(x)

>>> isinstance(x, date)
True
>>> type(x) is date
True