refactor(api): remove deprecated String.to_date method

cpcloud · cpcloud · commit 0d223108e673 · 2025-07-30T06:58:17.000-04:00
BREAKING CHANGE: `String.to_date` is removed in favor of `String.as_date`.
diff --git a/ibis/expr/types/strings.py b/ibis/expr/types/strings.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 from ibis import util
 from ibis.expr.types.core import _binop
 from ibis.expr.types.generic import Column, Scalar, Value
-from ibis.util import deprecated
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Iterable, Sequence
@@ -1319,10 +1318,6 @@ def as_date(self, format_str: str, /) -> ir.DateValue:
         """
         return ops.StringToDate(self, format_str).to_expr()
 
-    @deprecated(as_of="10.0", removed_in="11.0", instead="use as_date() instead")
-    def to_date(self, format_str: str, /) -> ir.DateValue:
-        return self.as_date(format_str)
-
     def as_time(self, format_str: str, /) -> ir.TimeValue:
         """Parse a string and return a time.
 
