{"id":9952,"date":"2021-07-08T11:12:04","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T05:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pynative.com\/?p=9952"},"modified":"2021-12-05T10:22:57","modified_gmt":"2021-12-05T04:52:57","slug":"python-string-to-datetime-strptime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pynative.com\/python-string-to-datetime-strptime\/","title":{"rendered":"Python String to DateTime using strptime()"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this tutorial, we&#8217;ll see how to parse a string to a datetime using the <code>strptime()<\/code> with the various standard date formatting codes available in Python. In addition, we will see similar methods available in the other modules for converting a string to a <code>date<\/code> or <code>time<\/code> object.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-table-of-contents yoast-table-of-contents\"><h2>Table of contents<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"#h-steps-to-convert-string-to-datetime-in-python\" data-level=\"2\">Steps to Convert String to DateTime in Python<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#h-example-parse-string-to-datetime\" data-level=\"3\">Example: Parse String to Datetime<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-string-to-date-object\" data-level=\"2\">String to Date Object<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-string-to-time-object\" data-level=\"2\">String to time Object<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#h-string-to-time-object-using-time-module\" data-level=\"3\">String to time Object using Time Module<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-how-strptime-works\" data-level=\"2\">How strptime() works?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-strptime-formatting-codes\" data-level=\"2\">strptime() Formatting Codes<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-string-with-day-and-month-name-to-datetime\" data-level=\"2\">String with Day and Month Name to Datetime <\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-parse-string-with-am-pm-to-a-datetime\" data-level=\"2\">Parse String with AM\/PM to a Datetime<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-parse-string-with-timezone-to-datetime\" data-level=\"2\">Parse String with Timezone to Datetime<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-parse-string-with-locale-to-datetime\" data-level=\"2\">Parse String with Locale to DateTime<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-parsing-string-in-iso-8601-date-format\" data-level=\"2\">Parsing String in ISO 8601 Date format&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-convert-string-to-timestamp\" data-level=\"2\">Convert String to TimeStamp<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-parsing-date-string-with-other-python-libraries\" data-level=\"2\">Parsing Date String with other Python libraries<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#h-parsing-string-to-datetime-using-dateutil\" data-level=\"3\">Parsing String to DateTime Using dateutil<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-parsing-string-to-datetime-using-arrow\" data-level=\"3\">Parsing String to DateTime Using Arrow<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-parsing-string-to-date-using-maya\" data-level=\"3\">Parsing String to Date using Maya<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"stepsh wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-steps-to-convert-string-to-datetime-in-python\">Steps to Convert String to DateTime in Python<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"schema-how-to wp-block-yoast-how-to-block\"><p class=\"schema-how-to-description\">In some cases, date and time could be passed as a string object. To convert a string into a <code>datetime<\/code> object, we can use the<code> strptime()<\/code> function of a datetime module. <br\/><br\/>For example, you may need to convert a numerical string like <strong>13-05-2021<\/strong> to a <code>datetime<\/code> object. or you want to convert string representing dates like <strong>Monday, 13 May, 2021<\/strong> to a <code>datetime<\/code> object.<br\/><br\/>The below steps shows how to convert a string representing a date to a datetime object<\/p> <ol class=\"schema-how-to-steps\"><li class=\"schema-how-to-step\" id=\"how-to-step-1625388181208\"><strong class=\"schema-how-to-step-name\">Import datetime module<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-how-to-step-text\">Python&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/pynative.com\/python\/datetime\/\">datetime module<\/a> provides functions that handle many complex functionalities involving the date and time. <br\/>Import <code>datetime<\/code> class using a <code>from datetime import datetime<\/code> statement<\/p> <\/li><li class=\"schema-how-to-step\" id=\"how-to-step-1625388466084\"><strong class=\"schema-how-to-step-name\">Use strptime() function of a datetime class<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-how-to-step-text\">Use <code>datetime.strptime(date_string, format)<\/code> to convert a given string into a <code>datetime<\/code> object as per the corresponding <code>format<\/code>. <br\/>The format codes are standard directives for mentioning the format of the string for parsing. For example, The <code>%d-%m-%Y<\/code> format codes are for <code>dd-mm-yyyy<\/code><br\/><\/p> <\/li><li class=\"schema-how-to-step\" id=\"how-to-step-1625388613943\"><strong class=\"schema-how-to-step-name\">Use strptime() function of a time module<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-how-to-step-text\">Use this step if you want to convert a string to a <code>time<\/code> object. Use the <code>time.strptime(string[, format])<\/code> function. This function converts time in string format to a <code>time<\/code> object in <code>time.struct_time<\/code> format.<\/p> <\/li><\/ol><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"753\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/pynative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/strptime_convert_string_to_datetime.png\" alt=\"strptime() to convert string to datetime\" class=\"wp-image-9918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pynative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/strptime_convert_string_to_datetime.png 753w, https:\/\/pynative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/strptime_convert_string_to_datetime-300x93.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 753px) 100vw, 753px\" \/><figcaption>strptime() to convert string to DateTime<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-example-parse-string-to-datetime\">Example: Parse String to Datetime<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Syntax<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre id=\"syntax\" class=\"wp-block-code language-python\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-1\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\">datetime.strptime(date_string, format)<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-1\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>Let us see with an example where we have a string representing the date and time in the standard format (<code>dd\/mm\/yyyy hh:mm:ss<\/code>).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"hljstoolbar\"><pre id=\"code1\"  class=\"wp-block-code language-python\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-2\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">from<\/span> datetime <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> datetime\n\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># Date String in dd\/mm\/yyyy HH:MM:SS format<\/span>\ndt_string = <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"12\/06\/2021 09:15:32\"<\/span>\n\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># Convert string to datetime object<\/span>\ndt_object = datetime.strptime(dt_string, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"%d\/%m\/%Y %H:%M:%S\"<\/span>)\nprint(dt_object)\n\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># Output 2021-06-12 09:15:32<\/span><\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-2\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre><button class=\"hljs-copy-button\" onclick=\"copy_code('code1', this);\"><i class=\"far fa-copy1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button><button class=\"hljs-run-button\" onclick=\"run_code('code1');\"><i class=\"far fa-play-circle\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Run<\/button><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Refer to <a href=\"https:\/\/pynative.com\/python-datetime-format-strftime\/\"><strong>Python format Datetime using strftime()<\/strong><\/a> to convert a <code>datetime<\/code> to string<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-string-to-date-object\">String to Date Object<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>First, convert a string to a datetime object using the <code>strptime()<\/code> function<\/li><li>Use <code>datetime.date()<\/code> function to extract only the <code>date<\/code> object from the datetime instance.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example<\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"hljstoolbar\"><pre id=\"code2\"  class=\"wp-block-code language-python\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-3\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">from<\/span> datetime <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> datetime\n\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># convert yyyy-mm-dd string to date object<\/span>\ndt_object = datetime.strptime(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"2021\/06\/27 09:15:32\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"%Y\/%m\/%d %H:%M:%S\"<\/span>).date()\nprint(dt_object)\n\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># Output 2021-06-27<\/span>\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-3\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre><button class=\"hljs-copy-button\" onclick=\"copy_code('code2', this);\"><i class=\"far fa-copy1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button><button class=\"hljs-run-button\" onclick=\"run_code('code2');\"><i class=\"far fa-play-circle\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Run<\/button><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: If a string represents the date without time, use only <code>%d\/%m\/%Y<\/code> format codes.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"hljstoolbar\"><pre id=\"code3\"  id=\"norun\" class=\"wp-block-code language-python\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-4\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\">d_object = datetime.strptime(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"2021\/06\/27\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"%Y\/%m\/%d\"<\/span>).date()<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-4\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre><button class=\"hljs-copy-button\" onclick=\"copy_code('code3', this);\"><i class=\"far fa-copy1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-string-to-time-object\">String to <code>time<\/code> Object<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, you can use the <code>datetime.time<\/code> class to convert a string containing the time to a <code>time<\/code> object.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-c6f77779-5656-4b55-bf14-f3355a07e89f\"><li>First, convert a string to a <code>datetime<\/code> object<\/li><li>Use <code>datetime.time()<\/code> function to extract only the <code>time<\/code> object from the datetime instance.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"hljstoolbar\"><pre id=\"code4\"  class=\"wp-block-code language-python\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-5\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">from<\/span> datetime <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> datetime\n\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># Convert string to datetime.time object<\/span>\ntime_obj = datetime.strptime(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"12\/06\/2021 09:15:32\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"%d\/%m\/%Y %H:%M:%S\"<\/span>).time()\nprint(time_obj)\n\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># Output 09:15:32<\/span><\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-5\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre><button class=\"hljs-copy-button\" onclick=\"copy_code('code4', this);\"><i class=\"far fa-copy1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button><button class=\"hljs-run-button\" onclick=\"run_code('code4');\"><i class=\"far fa-play-circle\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Run<\/button><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: If a string represents the time without date, use only <code>%H\/%M\/%S<\/code> format codes.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"hljstoolbar\"><pre id=\"code5\"  id=\"norun\" class=\"wp-block-code language-python\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-6\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\">t_object = datetime.strptime(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"11:45:23\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"%H:%M:%S\"<\/span>).time()<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-6\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre><button class=\"hljs-copy-button\" onclick=\"copy_code('code5', this);\"><i class=\"far fa-copy1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-string-to-time-object-using-time-module\">String to <code>time<\/code> Object using Time Module<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We can use the time module&#8217;s <code>strptime<\/code>() method to convert time in string format to a time object in <code>time.struct_time<\/code> format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Syntax<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre id=\"syntax\" class=\"wp-block-code language-python\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-7\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\">time.strptime(string&#91;, format])<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-7\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>Let us see with an example where we have a string mentioning the time in the hours-minutes-seconds format <code>(hh:mm:ss)<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"hljstoolbar\"><pre id=\"code6\"  class=\"wp-block-code language-python\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-8\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> time\n\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># time hours-minutes-seconds format<\/span>\ntime_string = <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"09-15-09\"<\/span>\nformat_codes = <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"%H-%M-%S\"<\/span>\n\ntime_obj = time.strptime(time_string, format_codes)\nprint(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Time Object\"<\/span>, time_obj)\nprint(type(time_obj))<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-8\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre><button class=\"hljs-copy-button\" onclick=\"copy_code('code6', this);\"><i class=\"far fa-copy1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button><button class=\"hljs-run-button\" onclick=\"run_code('code6');\"><i class=\"far fa-play-circle\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Run<\/button><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Output<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">Time Object time.struct_time(tm_year=1900, tm_mon=1, tm_mday=1, tm_hour=9, tm_min=15, tm_sec=9, tm_wday=0, tm_yday=1, tm_isdst=-1)\n&lt;class 'time.struct_time'&gt;<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-strptime-works\">How <code>strptime()<\/code> works?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This method basically converts the string into a datetime object according to a format. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: In case the string argument that is passed to the <code>strptime()<\/code> method doesn&#8217;t match the format specified, a <code>ValueError<\/code> will be raised.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exception will have an error message that shows a format mismatch or extra data in the string. We can catch the error using <a href=\"https:\/\/pynative.com\/python-exceptions\/\">exception handling<\/a> inside a <code>try-excep<\/code>t block.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"hljstoolbar\"><pre id=\"code7\"  class=\"wp-block-code language-python\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-9\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">from<\/span> datetime <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> datetime\n\nbirthday = <span class=\"hljs-string\">'23-02-2021 09:13:00'<\/span>\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">try<\/span>:\n    datetime_object = datetime.strptime(birthday, <span class=\"hljs-string\">'%d-%m-%Y'<\/span>)\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">except<\/span> ValueError <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">as<\/span> message:\n    print(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'A value error is raised because :'<\/span>, message)<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-9\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre><button class=\"hljs-copy-button\" onclick=\"copy_code('code7', this);\"><i class=\"far fa-copy1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button><button class=\"hljs-run-button\" onclick=\"run_code('code7');\"><i class=\"far fa-play-circle\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Run<\/button><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Output<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">A value error is raised because : unconverted data remains:  09:13:00<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-strptime-formatting-codes\"><code>strptime()<\/code> Formatting Codes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <code>strptime()<\/code> takes some standard directives for mentioning the format of the string for parsing. The following table provides a summary of the available directives for the <code>strptime()<\/code> function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The same set of directives are shared between both the <code>strptime()<\/code> and <code>strftime()<\/code> methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now we can see more combinations with examples for a better understanding of the directives. The below format code works on all platforms with a standard C implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Directive<\/th><th>Description<\/th><th>Example<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><code>%d<\/code><\/td><td>Day of the month as a zero-padded decimal number.<\/td><td>Sun, Mon, \u2026, Sat (en_US);<br>So, Mo, \u2026, Sa (de_DE)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><code>%m<\/code><\/td><td>Month of the year as a zero-padded decimal number.<\/td><td>Sunday, Monday, \u2026, Saturday (en_US);<br>Sonntag, Montag, \u2026, Samstag (de_DE)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><code>%Y<\/code><\/td><td>A year with a century in four-digit format<\/td><td>0001, 2021, \u2026 , 9999<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><code>%y<\/code><\/td><td>A year without a century in two-digit format<\/td><td>01, 21, \u2026, 31<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><code>%A<\/code><\/td><td>Full name of a weekday as per the locale\u2019s name.<br><\/td><td>Sunday, \u2026, Saturday (en_US);<br>Sonntag, \u2026, Samstag (de_DE)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><code>%a<\/code><\/td><td>Short name of a weekday as the locale\u2019s abbreviated name.<\/td><td>Sun, \u2026, Sat (en_US);<br>So, \u2026, Sa (de_DE)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><code>%B<\/code><\/td><td>Full name of a month as per the locale\u2019s name<\/td><td>January, \u2026, December (en_US);<br>Januar, \u2026, Dezember (de_DE)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><code>%b<\/code><\/td><td>Short name of a month as the locale\u2019s abbreviated name.<\/td><td>Jan, \u2026, Dec (en_US);<br>Jan, \u2026, Dez (de_DE)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><code>%H<\/code><\/td><td>Hour (24-hour clock) as a zero-padded decimal number.<\/td><td>01, 02, \u2026 , 23<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><code>%I<\/code><\/td><td>Hour (12-hour clock) as a zero-padded decimal number.<\/td><td>01, 02, \u2026, 12<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><code>%p<\/code><\/td><td>Locale\u2019s equivalent of either AM or PM.<\/td><td>AM, PM (en_US);<br>am, pm (de_DE)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><code>%M<\/code><\/td><td>Minute as a zero-padded decimal number.<\/td><td>00, 01, \u2026, 59<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><code>%S<\/code><\/td><td>Second as a zero-padded decimal number.<\/td><td>00, 01, \u2026, 59<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><code>%f<\/code><\/td><td>Microsecond as a decimal number, zero-padded on the left.<\/td><td>000000, 000001, \u2026, 999999<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><code>%z<\/code><\/td><td>UTC offset in the form&nbsp;<code>\u00b1HHMM[SS[.ffffff]]<\/code>&nbsp;(empty string if the object is naive).<\/td><td>(empty), +0000, -0400, +1030, +063415, -030712.345216<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><code>%Z<\/code><\/td><td>Time zone name (empty string if the object is naive).<br><\/td><td>(empty), UTC, GMT<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><code>%j<\/code><\/td><td>Day of the year as a zero-padded decimal number.<\/td><td>001, 002, \u2026, 366<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><code>%U<\/code><\/td><td>Week number of the year (Sunday as the first day of the week) as a zero-padded decimal number. All days in a new year preceding the first Sunday are considered to be in week 0.<\/td><td>00, 01, \u2026, 53<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><code>%W<\/code><\/td><td>Week number of the year (Monday as the first day of the week) as a decimal number. All days in a new year preceding the first Monday are considered to be in week 0.<\/td><td>00, 01, \u2026, 53<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><code>%c<\/code><\/td><td>Locale\u2019s appropriate date and time representation.<\/td><td>Tue Aug 16 21:30:00 1988 (en_US);<br>Di 16 Aug 21:30:00 1988 (de_DE)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><code>%x<\/code><\/td><td>Locale\u2019s appropriate date representation.<\/td><td>08\/16\/88 (None);<br>08\/16\/1988 (en_US);<br>16.08.1988 (de_DE)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><code>%X<\/code><\/td><td>Locale\u2019s appropriate time representation.<\/td><td>21:30:00 (en_US);<br>21:30:00 (de_DE)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><code>%%<\/code><\/td><td>A literal&nbsp;<code>'%'<\/code>&nbsp;character.<\/td><td>%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption>strptime() Date format codes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-string-with-day-and-month-name-to-datetime\">String with Day and Month Name to Datetime <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We can parse a string with full or abbreviated weekday and full or abbreviated month names to a <code>datetime<\/code> object using the following format codes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><code>%A<\/code>: Returns the full name of the&nbsp;<strong>weekday<\/strong>. Like, Monday, Tuesday<\/li><li><code>%a<\/code>: Returns the short name of the&nbsp;<strong>weekday<\/strong>&nbsp;(First three character.). Like, Mon, Tue<\/li><li><code>%B<\/code>: Returns the full name of the&nbsp;<strong>month<\/strong>. Like, June, March<\/li><li><code>%b<\/code>: Returns the short name of the&nbsp;<strong>month<\/strong>&nbsp;(First three character.). Like, Mar, Jun<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example 1<\/strong>: String with Full Day and Month Name<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"hljstoolbar\"><pre id=\"code8\"  class=\"wp-block-code language-python\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-10\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">from<\/span> datetime <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> datetime\n\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># String with full day and month name<\/span>\ndate_str = <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Wednesday,10 February,2021 12:19:47\"<\/span>\n\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># %A is to parse weekday and %B to parse month name<\/span>\ndt_obj = datetime.strptime(date_str, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"%A,%d %B,%Y %H:%M:%S\"<\/span>)\nprint(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Date Object:\"<\/span>, dt_obj)\n\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># Output  2021-02-10 12:19:47<\/span>\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-10\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre><button class=\"hljs-copy-button\" onclick=\"copy_code('code8', this);\"><i class=\"far fa-copy1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button><button class=\"hljs-run-button\" onclick=\"run_code('code8');\"><i class=\"far fa-play-circle\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Run<\/button><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Example 2<\/strong>: String with abbreviated Day and Month Names<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"hljstoolbar\"><pre id=\"code9\"  class=\"wp-block-code language-python\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-11\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">from<\/span> datetime <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> datetime\n\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># String with full day and month name<\/span>\ndate_str = <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Wed,10 Feb,21\"<\/span>\n\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># %a is to parse short weekday and %b to parse short month name<\/span>\ndt_obj = datetime.strptime(date_str, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"%a,%d %b,%y\"<\/span>)\nprint(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Date Object:\"<\/span>, dt_obj)\n\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># Output Date Object: 2021-02-10 00:00:00<\/span>\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-11\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre><button class=\"hljs-copy-button\" onclick=\"copy_code('code9', this);\"><i class=\"far fa-copy1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button><button class=\"hljs-run-button\" onclick=\"run_code('code9');\"><i class=\"far fa-play-circle\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Run<\/button><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-parse-string-with-am-pm-to-a-datetime\">Parse String with AM\/PM to a Datetime<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We can parse a string with AM\/PM details to a <code>datetime<\/code> object using the format directive <code>%p<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-12\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">from<\/span> datetime <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> datetime\n\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># String with Am Pm<\/span>\ndate_str = <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"23-Feb-2021 09.15 AM\"<\/span>\n\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># %p is to parse Am\/Pm<\/span>\ndt_obj = datetime.strptime(date_str, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"%d-%b-%Y %I.%M %p\"<\/span>)\nprint(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"DateTime Object:\"<\/span>, dt_obj)\n\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># Output 2021-02-23 09:15:00<\/span><\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-12\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-parse-string-with-timezone-to-datetime\">Parse String with Timezone to Datetime<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We can convert a string with offset information represented as timedelta (+\/-) or with the timezone names to the <code>datetime<\/code> object using the <code>%z<\/code> and <code>%Z<\/code> format directives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: Working with <a href=\"https:\/\/pynative.com\/python-timezone\/\">Timezones in Python<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"hljstoolbar\"><pre id=\"code10\"  class=\"wp-block-code language-python\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-13\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">from<\/span> datetime <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> datetime\n\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># Date string with UTC Offset.<\/span>\ndate_str = <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"23\/Feb\/2021:09:15:26 +0200\"<\/span>\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># %z to convert UTC offset to date<\/span>\ndt_obj1 = datetime.strptime(date_str, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"%d\/%b\/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z\"<\/span>)\nprint(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Date Object With UTC offset::\"<\/span>, dt_obj1)\n\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># Date String with Timezone Name.<\/span>\ndate_str2 = <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"23\/Feb\/2012:09:15:26 UTC +0900\"<\/span>\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># %Z %z to convert string with timezone to date<\/span>\ndt_obj2 = datetime.strptime(date_str2, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"%d\/%b\/%Y:%H:%M:%S %Z %z\"<\/span>)\nprint(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Date Object With Timezone Name::\"<\/span>, dt_obj2)<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-13\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre><button class=\"hljs-copy-button\" onclick=\"copy_code('code10', this);\"><i class=\"far fa-copy1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button><button class=\"hljs-run-button\" onclick=\"run_code('code10');\"><i class=\"far fa-play-circle\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Run<\/button><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Output<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">Date Object With UTC offset:: 2021-02-23 09:15:26+02:00\nDate Object With Timezone Name:: 2012-02-23 09:15:26+09:00<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-parse-string-with-locale-to-datetime\">Parse String with Locale to DateTime<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We can understand from the directives that <code>strptime()<\/code> method supports both the US locale en_US and the german locale de_DE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"hljstoolbar\"><pre id=\"code11\"  class=\"wp-block-code language-python\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-14\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> locale\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">from<\/span> datetime <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> datetime\n\nlocale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, <span class=\"hljs-string\">'de_DE'<\/span>)\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># de_DE locale<\/span>\ndate_german = <span class=\"hljs-string\">'23-Februar-2021 Donnerstag'<\/span>\n\ndatetime_obj = datetime.strptime(date_german, <span class=\"hljs-string\">'%d-%B-%Y %A'<\/span>)\nprint(datetime_obj)\n\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># Output 2012-02-23 00:00:00<\/span><\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-14\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre><button class=\"hljs-copy-button\" onclick=\"copy_code('code11', this);\"><i class=\"far fa-copy1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button><button class=\"hljs-run-button\" onclick=\"run_code('code11');\"><i class=\"far fa-play-circle\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Run<\/button><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-parsing-string-in-iso-8601-date-format\">Parsing String in ISO 8601 Date format&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We can parse string objects with dates in ISO 8601 formats using the <code>strptime()<\/code> method where the offset could be parsed using the <code>%z<\/code> format directive.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"hljstoolbar\"><pre id=\"code12\"  class=\"wp-block-code language-python\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-15\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">from<\/span> datetime <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> datetime\n\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># Date string with UTC Offset.<\/span>\niso_date = <span class=\"hljs-string\">'2021-02-23T09:15:24+0200'<\/span>\nx = datetime.strptime(iso_date, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z\"<\/span>)\nprint(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'DateTIme Object with ISO Date'<\/span>, x)<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-15\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre><button class=\"hljs-copy-button\" onclick=\"copy_code('code12', this);\"><i class=\"far fa-copy1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button><button class=\"hljs-run-button\" onclick=\"run_code('code12');\"><i class=\"far fa-play-circle\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Run<\/button><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Output<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">DateTIme Object with ISO Date 2021-02-23 09:15:24+02:00<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-convert-string-to-timestamp\">Convert String to TimeStamp<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>First, use the <code>strptime()<\/code> method to convert a string object to <code>datetime<\/code>. <\/li><li>Next, use the <code>timestamp()<\/code> function to extract the <a href=\"https:\/\/pynative.com\/python-timestamp\/\">timestamp<\/a> information<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"hljstoolbar\"><pre id=\"code13\"  class=\"wp-block-code language-python\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-16\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">from<\/span> datetime <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> datetime\n\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># String to Date<\/span>\nbirthday = <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"23\/02\/2012 09::30::23\"<\/span>\n\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># String to timestamp<\/span>\ntimeStamp = datetime.strptime(birthday, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"%d\/%m\/%Y %H::%M::%S\"<\/span>).timestamp()\nprint(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"TimeStamp::\"<\/span>, timeStamp)\n\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># Output 1329969623.0<\/span><\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-16\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre><button class=\"hljs-copy-button\" onclick=\"copy_code('code13', this);\"><i class=\"far fa-copy1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button><button class=\"hljs-run-button\" onclick=\"run_code('code13');\"><i class=\"far fa-play-circle\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Run<\/button><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-parsing-date-string-with-other-python-libraries\">Parsing Date String with other Python libraries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While the datetime module&#8217;s <code>strptime()<\/code> handles most of the date formats, there are few drawbacks, as mentioned below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>We need to import many modules like <code>datetime<\/code>, <code>time<\/code>, <code>calendar<\/code>, <code>pytz<\/code>, and more to handle some complex date formats.<\/li><li>Handling naive and aware timezones are complicated.<\/li><li>Parsing the different locale information and formats like ISO 8601 is error-prone.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-parsing-string-to-datetime-using-dateutil\"><strong>Parsing <\/strong>String to DateTime Using dateutil<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/pypi.org\/project\/python-dateutil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dateutil module<\/a> offers a parser to parse the date string which offers a generic parser that parses almost all the known date\/time formats available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: It is a third-party module you need to install it separately using the pip command.<\/p>\n\n\n<pre id=\"syntax\" class=\"wp-block-code language-python\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-17\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\">pip install python-dateutil<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-17\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>In case the dates are ambiguous i.e; some information is omitted, the following rules are applied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>If AM or PM is left unspecified, a 24-hour clock is assumed; however, an hour on a 12-hour clock (0&nbsp;&lt;=&nbsp;hour&nbsp;&lt;=&nbsp;12)&nbsp;must&nbsp;be specified if AM or PM is specified.<\/li><li>In case a date string is passed without the timezone information, then a naive object is created.<\/li><li>If any other information is missing, then the default parameter value of the <code>date.datetime<\/code> object is used. If this results in a day number exceeding the valid number of days per month, the value falls back to the month&#8217;s end.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"hljstoolbar\"><pre id=\"code14\"  class=\"wp-block-code language-python\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-18\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">from<\/span> dateutil.parser <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> parse\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">from<\/span> dateutil.tz <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> gettz\n\ntzinfos = {<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"BRST\"<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-number\">-7200<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"CST\"<\/span>: gettz(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"America\/Chicago\"<\/span>)}\nx = parse(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"2012-02-23 09:21:00 BRST\"<\/span>, tzinfos=tzinfos)\nprint(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'DateTime'<\/span>, x)\nprint(type(x))\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-18\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre><button class=\"hljs-copy-button\" onclick=\"copy_code('code14', this);\"><i class=\"far fa-copy1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button><button class=\"hljs-run-button\" onclick=\"run_code('code14');\"><i class=\"far fa-play-circle\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Run<\/button><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Output<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">datetime.datetime(2012, 2, 23, 9, 21, tzinfo=tzoffset('BRST', -7200))<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-parsing-string-to-datetime-using-arrow\">Parsing String to DateTime Using Arrow<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pypi.org\/project\/arrow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arrow<\/a> is another Python library that helps in creating the date and time objects with fewer imports and lesser code. This API enables bridge gaps in creating, formatting, and modifying dates, times, and timestamps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arrow helps in parsing date string formats and simplifies creating UTC by default or time-zone-aware objects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We need first to install the arrow using the <code>pip<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n<pre id=\"syntax\" class=\"wp-block-code language-python\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-19\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\">pip install arrow<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-19\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p><strong>Example<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Use the <code>arrow.get()<\/code> method to parse a string to date.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"hljstoolbar\"><pre id=\"code15\"  class=\"wp-block-code language-python\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-20\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\"><span class=\"hljs-comment\"># importing arrow module <\/span>\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> arrow\n\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># date in string format <\/span>\nbirthday = <span class=\"hljs-string\">'2012-02-23 09:15:45'<\/span>\n\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># parsing string into date <\/span>\ndate = arrow.get(birthday, <span class=\"hljs-string\">'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss'<\/span>)\n\nprint(date)\n\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># Output 2012-02-23T09:15:45+00:00<\/span><\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-20\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre><button class=\"hljs-copy-button\" onclick=\"copy_code('code15', this);\"><i class=\"far fa-copy1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button><button class=\"hljs-run-button\" onclick=\"run_code('code15');\"><i class=\"far fa-play-circle\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Run<\/button><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-parsing-string-to-date-using-maya\">Parsing String to Date using Maya<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Maya is another Python library mainly for dealing with different locales in different systems. 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