How to Convert String to Datetime in Python?

Problem –

You want to convert a string to datetime in python.

Solution –

To convert a string to datetime in python we can use the datetime.strptime() method in python. The strptime() method creates a date object from a given string.

Syntax –

datetime.strptime(string, format code)

Example –

In [1]: from datetime import datetime

In [2]: date_string = "6 july, 2022"

In [3]: type(date_string)
Out[3]: str

In [4]: date_object = datetime.strptime(date_string, "%d %B, %Y")

In [5]: date_object
Out[5]: datetime.datetime(2022, 7, 6, 0, 0)

Here,

%d – represents the day of the month.

%B – represents Months full name

%Y – represents year in four digit.

Let’s look at one more example.

In [9]: date_string = "6/07/2022 10:05:30"

In [10]: date_object = datetime.strptime(date_string, "%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S")

In [11]: date_object
Out[11]: datetime.datetime(2022, 6, 7, 10, 5, 30)

Format Code –