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pythondatetime
user18160
user18160

Reputation: 23

Split and Combine Date

I am trying to write a python script that will compare dates from two different pages. The format of date in one page is Oct 03 2016 whereas on other page is (10/3/2016). My goal is to compare these two dates. I was able to convert Oct to 10 but don't know how to make it 10/3/2016.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 435

Answers (2)

juanpa.arrivillaga
juanpa.arrivillaga

Reputation: 95948

You should really be using the dateutil library for this.

>>> import dateutil.parser 
>>> first_date = dateutil.parser.parse('Oct 03 2016')
>>> second_date = dateutil.parser.parse('10/3/2016')
>>> first_date
datetime.datetime(2016, 10, 3, 0, 0)
>>> second_date
datetime.datetime(2016, 10, 3, 0, 0)
>>> first_date == second_date
True
>>>

Upvotes: 6

Moinuddin Quadri
Moinuddin Quadri

Reputation: 48077

Use datetime module to convert your string to datetime object and then compare both. For example:

>>> from datetime import datetime
>>> date1 = datetime.strptime('Oct 03 2016', '%b %d %Y')
>>> date2 = datetime.strptime('10/3/2016', '%m/%d/%Y')
>>> date1 == date2
True

Further, you may convert thisdatetime object to your custom format using datetime.strftime() as:

>>> date1.strftime('%d * %B * %Y')
'03 * October * 2016'

List of all the directives usable for formatting the string are available at the strftime link I mentioned above.

Upvotes: 3

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