>>> import collections
>>> Sale = collections.namedtuple("Sale", "productid customerid date quantity price")
>>> sales1 = Sale(1,1,'2012-01-01', 100, 100)
>>> print("{date}".format(**sales1._asdict()))
2012-01-01
>>> Sale = collections.namedtuple("Sale", "productid customerid date quantity price")
>>> sales1 = Sale(1,1,'2012-01-01', 100, 100)
>>> print("{date}".format(**sales1._asdict()))
2012-01-01