Why is this python operation returning a tuple?
<pre><code>from datetime import date
from datetime import timedelta

a = date.today() - timedelta(1)
# a above is a tuple and not datetime
# Since I am a C programmer, I would expect python to cast back to datetime
# but it is casting it to a tuple
</code></pre>

<p>Can you please tell me why this is happening? and also how I can see that the operation above results in a datetime?</p>

<p>I am a python newbie, sorry if this is a trivial thing, but I am stuck here for a while!</p>

<p>Thanks</p>
