Converting string into datetime

datetime.strptime is the main routine for parsing strings into datetimes. It can handle all sorts of formats, with the format determined by a format string you give it:

from datetime import datetime

datetime_object = datetime.strptime('Jun 1 2005  1:33PM', '%b %d %Y %I:%M%p')

The resulting datetime object is timezone-naive.

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Notes:

  • strptime = “string parse time”
  • strftime = “string format time”
  • Pronounce it out loud today & you won’t have to search for it again in 6 months.

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