datetime strp time code example

Example 1: datatime.strptime

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 2: strptime python

import datetime
d =datetime.datetime.strptime("01/27/2012","%m/%d/%Y").strftime('%m/%d/%Y')
print d
01/27/2012