Make Sqlalchemy Use Date In Filter Using Postgresql

Question

I\'m trying to perform the following query in Sqlalchemy.

Select * from \"Mytable\" where Date(date_time_field) = \"2011-08-16\";

I have tried

Answer 1

Using @Ants Aasma Comment.

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from sqlalchemy import Date, cast
from datetime import date

my_data = session.query(MyObject).\
filter(cast(MyObject.date_time,Date) == date.today()).all()

Thank you all who tried to solve this problem :)