isotime to timestamp python code example

Example 1: strptime python

import datetime
d = datetime.datetime.strptime("01/27/2012", "%m/%d/%Y")
print(d)
output ....
2012-01-27 00:00:00

Example 2: datetime.strftime() syntax

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))