get date in particular format python code example

Example 1: how to set datetime format in python

import datetime

x = datetime.datetime(2018, 9, 15)

print(x.strftime("%b %d %Y %H:%M:%S"))

Example 2: date object into date format python

df['date_column'] = pd.to_datetime(df['date_column'],format='%Y%m%d')