Python: Convert a string into datetime

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49. String to Datetime Conversion

Write a Python program to convert a string into datetime.

Sample Solution:

Python Code:

# Import the datetime class from the datetime module
from datetime import datetime

# Parse the string 'May 12 2016  2:25AM' into a datetime object using the specified format
date_obj = datetime.strptime('May 12 2016  2:25AM', '%b %d %Y %I:%M%p')
# Print an empty line for formatting purposes
print()
# Print the datetime object
print(date_obj)
# Print an empty line for formatting purposes
print()

Output:

2016-05-12 02:25:00

Explanation:

In the exercise above,

The code imports the "datetime" class from the "datetime" module.
It uses the "strptime()" method of the "datetime" class to parse the string 'May 12 2016 2:25AM' into a datetime object.

The first argument is the string to be parsed.
The second argument is the format string specifying the format of the input string.

It prints an empty line for formatting purposes.
It prints the datetime object.
It prints an empty line for formatting purposes.

Flowchart:

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