Datetime don't match my format

Question

I have a date string with this format '01/30/15' so its 'mm/dd/yy' format I think I parse a csv file, but when I try:

import datetime
for row in reader:
  dt = datetime.datetime.strptime(row['Date'],"mm/dd/yy")
  print dt

Will return :

ValueError: time data '01/30/15' does not match format 'mm/dd/yy'

Answer 1

You are using the improper format string. You want: %m/%d/%y

Example:

>>> import datetime
>>> s = "01/30/15"
>>> dt = datetime.datetime.strptime(s, "%m/%d/%y")
>>> dt
datetime.datetime(2015, 1, 30, 0, 0)

Answer 2

dt = datetime.datetime.strptime(row['Date'], "%m/%d/%y")