How to convert string to date in python with different algorithms

Question

In python it is possible to convert string to date format but there are different algorithms and methods.

Answer 1

Hello @ pagarsach,

You can convert a string to date object using the strptime function.

Provide the date string and the format in which the date is specified. 

Example:

import datetime
date_str = '30062020' # The date - 30 Jun 2020
format_str = '%d%m%Y' # The format
datetime_obj = datetime.datetime.strptime(date_str, format_str)
print(datetime_obj.date())

Output

This will give the output −

30-06-2020

Hope it helps!!

Thank You!!