convert str to datetime in python code example

Example 1: string to date python

import datetime

date_time_str = '2018-06-29 08:15:27.243860'
date_time_obj = datetime.datetime.strptime(date_time_str, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f')

print('Date:', date_time_obj.date())
print('Time:', date_time_obj.time())
print('Date-time:', date_time_obj)

Example 2: convert into date python

from datetime import datetime

datetime_str = '09/19/18 13:55:26'

datetime_object = datetime.strptime(datetime_str, '%m/%d/%y %H:%M:%S')

print(type(datetime_object))
print(datetime_object)  # printed in default format

Example 3: python string to datetime

from datetime import datetime

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

Example 4: convert datetime to date python

datetime.datetime.now().date()

Example 5: convert str to datetime

import datetime

# str value "Apr 2, 2019" convert into any format. 
datetime.datetime.strptime('Apr 2, 2019', '%b %d, %Y').strftime('%a, %d %b %Y')

Example 6: python string to datetime python

from dateutil import parser
datetime_object = parser.parse("Jun 1 2020  1:36PM")