Python: Convert a string to datetime

Python datetime: Exercise-3 with Solution

Write a Python program to convert a string to datetime.

Sample Solution:

Python Code:

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

# Parse the given date string 'Jul 1 2014 2:43PM' into a datetime object
# using the specified format '%b %d %Y %I:%M%p'
date_object = datetime.strptime('Jul 1 2014 2:43PM', '%b %d %Y %I:%M%p')

# Print the parsed datetime object
print(date_object) 

Output:

2014-07-01 14:43:00 

Explanation:

In the exercise above,

• The code imports the "datetime" class from the "datetime" module.
• Parsing the Date string:
• It then uses the "datetime.strptime()" method to parse the given date string 'Jul 1 2014 2:43PM' into a datetime object.
• The format of the input date string is specified as '%b %d %Y %I:%M%p', which indicates the month abbreviated (%b), day of the month (%d), year (%Y), hour in 12-hour format (%I), minute (%M), and AM/PM indicator (%p).
• Printing Results:
• Finally, it prints the parsed datetime object using the "print()" function.

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