datetime.strptime python 3 code example

Example 1: python date and time

from datetime import datetime
now = datetime.now()
print (now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"))


Output: 2020-06-19 10:34:45

Example 2: python datetime now

import datetime
print(datetime.datetime.now()) #datetime.datetime.now() is the syntax

Example 3: python example strptime

from datetime import datetime

date_string = "21 June, 2018"

print("date_string =", date_string)
print("type of date_string =", type(date_string))

date_object = datetime.strptime(date_string, "%d %B, %Y")

print("date_object =", date_object)
print("type of date_object =", type(date_object))

Example 4: python strptime exemples

from datetime import datetime

dt_string = "12/11/2018 09:15:32"

# Considering date is in dd/mm/yyyy format
dt_object1 = datetime.strptime(dt_string, "%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S")
print("dt_object1 =", dt_object1)

# Considering date is in mm/dd/yyyy format
dt_object2 = datetime.strptime(dt_string, "%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S")
print("dt_object2 =", dt_object2)

Example 5: python datetime from timestamp utc

dt_object = datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp)