Convert date format python

Question

I have django form and I am receiving from POST a date formated like "%d/%m/%Y" and I would like to convert it to "%Y-%m-%d", How could I do it?

Joseph Victor Zammit · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-10 21:12:37Z

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In [1]: import datetime

In [2]: datetime.datetime.strptime('10/05/2012', '%d/%m/%Y').strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
Out[2]: '2012-05-10'

Likewise, in Django template syntax you can use the date filter:

{{ mydate|date:"Y-m-d" }}

to print your date in your preferred format.

answered May 10, 2012 at 20:34

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senderle · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-10 20:33:53Z

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One way is to use strptime and strftime:

>>> import datetime
>>> datetime.datetime.strptime('5/10/1955', '%d/%m/%Y').strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
'1955-10-05'

answered May 10, 2012 at 20:33

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Does this actually work for you though? You're not trying to do this in django's template language are you?

Raphael Amoedo · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-10 05:35:34Z

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You can use easy_date to make it easy:

import date_converter
my_datetime = date_converter.string_to_string('02/05/2012', '%d/%m/%Y', '%Y-%m-%d')

answered May 10, 2015 at 5:35

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