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I am trying to pass a variable into SOQL statement, I am using simple_salesforce library. I only need to grab the data when CreateDate of the Opportunity is > than yesterday, yesterday's date is saved in last_run_day variable. Below is my code: 

yesterday = date.today() + timedelta(days=-1)
last_run_date = yesterday.strftime("%Y-%m-%d"+"T"+"%H:%M:%S"+"Z")

sf_data = sf.query_all("SELECT ID, Name FROM Opportunity where probability > 0 AND CreatedDate > '%s' AND AdPoint_Id__c <> NULL ORDER BY AdPoint_Id__c" % last_run_date)
print(sf_data)

Gives me an error: field 'CreatedDate' must be of type dateTime and should not be enclosed in quotes", 'errorCode': 'INVALID_FIELD'

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    You can either remove the quotes surrounding %s otherwise the date will be considered as String, which is not correct OR simply write where CreatedDate > YESTERDAY. See date literals here developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.soql_sosl.meta/… – manjit5190 Apr 4 '20 at 19:55
  • Perfect, that actually worked and there was no need to construct a variable last_run_date, Thank you very much! – Chique_Code Apr 4 '20 at 20:06
  • Great! Added it as an answer. – manjit5190 Apr 4 '20 at 20:07
  • Side note - fstrings make your strings more readable in many cases than old-style % formatting. – David Reed♦ Apr 4 '20 at 20:20
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You can either remove the quotes surrounding %s otherwise the date will be considered as String, which is not correct OR simply write where CreatedDate > YESTERDAY.

Please see date literals here.o https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.soql_sosl.meta/soql_sosl/sforce_api_calls_soql_select_dateformats.htm

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