How to replace space from Python datetime object between date and time

Question

I am looking to remove the space separating the date and the time from a python datetime object. I am using strptime "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f", so I do not know why there is a space included to begin with.

Code:

import datetime
start_timestamp = "2022-11-23T10:08:00.000"
date_time_start = datetime.datetime.strptime(start_timestamp, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f")
print(date_time_start)

Output: 2022-11-23 10:08:00

Desired output: 2022-11-23_10:08:00

You asked why the space is printed. The strptime function returns a datetime, not a string. When you print it, a string representation of the datetime value is printed, and that, by default, contains a space, which is a completely sensible default. — jarmod
– jarmod, Commented Jan 5, 2023 at 22:31

wim · Accepted Answer · 2023-01-05 22:28:28Z

2

Use isoformat with custom separator:

>>> date_time_start.isoformat(sep="_")
'2022-11-23_10:08:00'

answered Jan 5, 2023 at 22:28

wim

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