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pythondatetimedatetime-conversion
rylp
rylp

Reputation: 121

Conversion of date formats

I wanted to convert a list containing dates in the format:

01 MAR 2020

Into this format :

2020-03-01 (YYYY-MM-DD)

using python. Is there a way to do this??

Upvotes: 1

Views: 81

Answers (1)

niko
niko

Reputation: 5281

Yes using datetime

from datetime import datetime

# Python object
datetime.strptime("01 MAR 2020", "%d %b %Y")
# datetime.datetime(2020, 3, 1, 0, 0)

# Converted Format
datetime.strptime("01 MAR 2020", "%d %b %Y").strftime('%F')
# 2020-03-01'

PS The locale used might cause problems when dealing with non-numeric months. See here for help on the topic.

Upvotes: 4

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