How to convert datetime string to datetime object in python [duplicate]

Question

I am converting a datetime object to string using:

from datetime import datetime
dt = datetime.now()
dt_str = str(dt)

# Now I want to get `dt`(datetime object) back from `dt_str`

How to convert dt_str to dt?

Can anyone help me with this?

Rykov · Accepted Answer · 2022-03-14 09:42:56Z

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Use strptime method. Example:

from datetime import datetime

date_string = "2020-03-14"
date_object = datetime.strptime(date_string, "%Y-%m-%d")

answered Mar 14, 2022 at 9:34

Rykov

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