# parse_date

> **Function** in `langsmith`

📖 [View in docs](https://reference.langchain.com/python/langsmith/_openapi_client/_utils/_datetime_parse/parse_date)

Parse a date/int/float/string and return a datetime.date.

Raise ValueError if the input is well formatted but not a valid date.
Raise ValueError if the input isn't well formatted.

## Signature

```python
parse_date(
    value: Union[date, StrBytesIntFloat],
) -> date
```

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[View source on GitHub](https://github.com/langchain-ai/langsmith-sdk/blob/d6cd6082f09e7826a2d6afe444ae6119e61b82a6/python/langsmith/_openapi_client/_utils/_datetime_parse.py#L106)