python parse string to date code example
Example 1: convert into date python
from datetime import datetime
datetime_str = '09/19/18 13:55:26'
datetime_object = datetime.strptime(datetime_str, '%m/%d/%y %H:%M:%S')
print(type(datetime_object))
print(datetime_object) # printed in default format
Example 2: convert into date python
date_str = '09-19-2018'
date_object = datetime.strptime(date_str, '%m-%d-%Y').date()
print(type(date_object))
print(date_object) # printed in default formatting
Example 3: convert str to datetime
import datetime
# str value "Apr 2, 2019" convert into any format.
datetime.datetime.strptime('Apr 2, 2019', '%b %d, %Y').strftime('%a, %d %b %Y')