How to convert string 'date' to date time format in python

Question

I've to find days difference. I've string object of date in this format '7/15/2019'. I want to convert it into date time object.

date = '7/15/2019'
start_time = datetime.strptime(date, '%b %d %Y')

ValueError: time data '7/15/2019' does not match format '%b %d %Y'

Romil Patel · Accepted Answer · 2019-07-31 06:20:21Z

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`import datetime
date = '7/15/2019'
start_time = datetime.datetime.strptime(date, '%m/%d/%Y').date()`

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answered Jul 31, 2019 at 5:32

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