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Wasim Iqbhal
Wasim Iqbhal

Reputation: 43

Convert string date into date format in python?

How to convert the below string date into date format in python.

input:
date='15-MARCH-2015'

expected output:
2015-03-15

I tried to use datetime.strftime and datetime.strptime. it is not accepting this format.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 4727

Answers (3)

Raphael Amoedo
Raphael Amoedo

Reputation: 4455

You can use easy_date to make it easy:

import date_converter
converted_date = date_converter.string_to_string('15-MARCH-2015', '%d-%B-%Y', '%Y-%m-%d')

Upvotes: -2

Vidhya G
Vidhya G

Reputation: 2320

The datetime module will help you here. First convert your string to a datetime object using strptime, then convert this object to the required string format with strftime:

from datetime import datetime
datetime.strftime(datetime.strptime('15-MARCH-2015','%d-%B-%Y'),'%Y-%m-%d')

Will yield:

'2015-03-15'

Notice the string format '%d-%B-%Y' conforms to the string as you have it and '%Y-%m-%d' to the format you want it to be in.

Upvotes: 2

Kasravnd
Kasravnd

Reputation: 107287

You can use datetime.strptime with a proper format :

>>> datetime.strptime('15-MARCH-2015','%d-%B-%Y')
datetime.datetime(2015, 3, 15, 0, 0)

Read more about datetime.strptime and date formatting: https://docs.python.org/2/library/datetime.html#strftime-and-strptime-behavior

Upvotes: 9

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