from datetime import datetime
date_str = '06-06-2021'
format_str = '%m-%d-%Y'
result = datetime.strptime(date_str, format_str)
print(result)
Output
2021-06-06 00:00:00
In the above code snippet:
%A - Weekday full name. e.g. Sunday
%a - Weekday small name. e.g. Sun
%B - Month full name. e.g. February
%b - Month small name. e.g. Feb
%d - Day of the month. e.g. 08
%m - Month as a number. e.g. 8
%Y - Full year in four digits. e.g. 2022
%y - Two-digit year. e.g. 22
The datetime() function can accept date strings in different formats. Below are some examples that use different formats od date string and then converting then to python date object.
Code Examples
from datetime import datetime
date_str_1 = '8/9/21'
forma_str_1 = '%m/%d/%y'
dt_result_1 = datetime.strptime(date_str_1, forma_str_1)
print(dt_result_1)
date_str_2 = 'Sunday, February 6, 2022'
format_str_2 = '%A, %B %d, %Y'
dt_result_2 = datetime.strptime(date_str_2, format_str_2)
print(dt_result_2)
Output
2021-08-09 00:00:00
2022-02-06 00:00:00
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