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Jack Peter 3
Jack Peter 3

Reputation: 63

The time data does not match format

Hello I am trying to convert a string which is a = "2019-04-22 00:00" to a datetime but it does not work, I tried this : 

a = datetime.datetime.strptime(a, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M')

But I got

time data 'start_period' does not match format '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M'

I precise start_period is get by this : a = request.POST.get('start_period')

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1121

Answers (3)

mkrana
mkrana

Reputation: 430

there are multiple ways to convert string to datetime in python. it is based on the requirement of the user which function to use.

one possible solution could be as given below.

import timestring
start_period = "2019-04-22 00:00"
print(timestring.Date(start_period))

Upvotes: 0

Devesh Kumar Singh
Devesh Kumar Singh

Reputation: 20490

May I suggest using dateutil module, where you do not need to provide the format string

from dateutil import parser

print(parser.parse("2019-04-22 00:00"))
#2019-04-22 00:00:00

Upvotes: 0

Klemen Koleša
Klemen Koleša

Reputation: 446

Like this it should work:

import datetime
start_period = "2019-04-22 00:00"
a = datetime.datetime.strptime(start_period, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M')

Result:

datetime.datetime(2019, 4, 22, 0, 0)

Upvotes: 1

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