python 3 date string conversion code example
Example 1: 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 2: python datetime from string
from datetime import datetime
datetime_object = datetime.strptime('Jun 1 2005 1:33PM', '%b %d %Y %I:%M%p')