title: Storing dates to skip in python config file
body: <p>In my config I have</p>
  
  <pre><code>SKIP_DATES = ['2016-02-11', '2016-02-13']
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Then in my script I have </p>
  
  <pre><code>if dt.date() in config.SKIP_DATES:
      print "Skipping date: {0}".format(dt.date())
      continue
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But this will not work because dt.date is a datetime.date object and config.SKIP_DATES is a list of 'string dates'.</p>
  
  <p>How can I easily get around this?</p>
  
  <p>Can anyone suggest a better name for this post?</p>