convert object series to date code example

Example 1: pd.to_datetime python

import pandas as pd
date='2020/11/26 12:00:00'
date_time=pd.to_datetime(date, format='%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S')

Example 2: date parser python pandas

import pandas as pd

values = {'dates':  ['20190902093000','20190913093000','20190921200000'],
          'status': ['Opened','Opened','Closed']
          }

df = pd.DataFrame(values, columns = ['dates','status'])

df['dates'] = pd.to_datetime(df['dates'], format='%Y%m%d%H%M%S')

print (df)
print (df.dtypes)