Datetime formatting in Python does not match format

Question

I have a date stored in a string as:

date = '26 March 2018'

I'm trying to convert it to a datetime object with the following code:

date_element2 = datetime.strptime(date, '%d, %B, %Y')

But I'm getting the following traceback error:

ValueError: time data '26 March 2018' does not match format '%d, %B, %Y'

I can't figure out for the life of me how the formatting is incorrect, any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Remove coma in your pattern

Benjamin
– Benjamin

2018-03-27 09:45:18 +00:00
Commented Mar 27, 2018 at 9:45 — Benjamin
– Benjamin, Commented Mar 27, 2018 at 9:45
'%d, %B, %Y' should be like '%d %B %Y'

Vikas Periyadath
– Vikas Periyadath

2018-03-27 09:46:13 +00:00
Commented Mar 27, 2018 at 9:46 — Vikas Periyadath
– Vikas Periyadath, Commented Mar 27, 2018 at 9:46

Moinuddin Quadri · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-27 09:46:19Z

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You need to remove comma , from the format string, then it should work. For example:

>>> from datetime import datetime
>>> date = '26 March 2018'

#                              v  v  No comma here
>>> datetime.strptime(date, '%d %B %Y')
datetime.datetime(2018, 3, 26, 0, 0)

answered Mar 27, 2018 at 9:46

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