Convert string to datetime python

Question

I want to convert my string start_date='2013-12-01' to datetime.date(2013, 12, 1).

Was trying to do it like this:

datetime.strptime(start_date,'%Y-%M-%d')

But it gave me output:

datetime.datetime(2013, 1, 1, 0, 12)

How can I get an output like datetime.date(2013, 12, 1)?

senshin · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-07 06:02:06Z

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Use:

>>> datetime.strptime(start_date, '%Y-%m-%d')
datetime.datetime(2013, 12, 1, 0, 0)

If you just want a date object:

>>> datetime.strptime(start_date, '%Y-%m-%d').date()
datetime.date(2013, 12, 1)

%M is minute; %m is month; see the strptime docs for more information. Note that I'm assuming you've done from datetime import datetime or similar here.

edited Jan 7, 2014 at 6:02

answered Jan 7, 2014 at 5:55

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Nishant Nawarkhede Over a year ago

Expected result should in the format as datetime.date(2013, 12, 1)

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