whatsnew

Author: arthurlw

doc/source/whatsnew/v3.0.0.rst

@@ -606,6 +606,7 @@ Other API changes
 - :meth:`ExtensionDtype.construct_array_type` is now a regular method instead of a ``classmethod`` (:issue:`58663`)
 - Comparison operations between :class:`Index` and :class:`Series` now consistently return :class:`Series` regardless of which object is on the left or right (:issue:`36759`)
 - Numpy functions like ``np.isinf`` that return a bool dtype when called on a :class:`Index` object now return a bool-dtype :class:`Index` instead of ``np.ndarray`` (:issue:`52676`)
+- Removed special handling of ``datetime.date`` sequences in :meth:`Index._maybe_downcast_for_indexing` and removed ``"date"`` from ``_infer_matches``. (:issue:`62158`)
 
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