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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def earliest_date(dates, full_date=False):
 """Return the earliest among the schema-compliant dates. This is a convenience wrapper around :ref:`PartialDate`, which should be used instead if more features are needed. Args: dates(list):
 List of dates from which oldest/earliest one will be returned full_date(bool):
 Adds month and/or day as "01" if they are missing Returns: str: Earliest date from provided list """

    min_date = min(PartialDate.loads(date) for date in dates)
    if not min_date.month and full_date:
        min_date.month = 1
    if not min_date.day and full_date:
        min_date.day = 1
    return min_date.dumps()