convert string datetime to datetime code example

Example 1: string to datetime convert

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 string date to datetime and format

var dateString = "2020-09-25T10:13:21.246321+01:00";
String formattedDateString = DateFormat('do LLLL yyyy').format(DateTime.parse(dateString)); 
// formattedDateString - OUTPUT: "25 September 2020"

Example 3: 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')