Python: Convert a string into datetime

Python Datetime: Exercise-49 with Solution

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.

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