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create a function format_date ? - Kessie1971 - Apr-23-2023
how do I create a function format_date() which takes a date string as an argument and returns a datetime object.
Example
Print (format_date(“24-10-1973”)
1973-10-24 00:00:00
Thanks !!!
RE: create a function format_date ? - deanhystad - Apr-23-2023
datetime.strptime() converts a string to a datetime object.
https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#strftime-and-strptime-behavior
RE: create a function format_date ? - Kessie1971 - Apr-23-2023
Do you have a example of the code
RE: create a function format_date ? - deanhystad - Apr-23-2023
The link describes how to use the function, documents the syntax used to write the data format string, and has multiple examples.
RE: create a function format_date ? - Kessie1971 - Apr-24-2023
from datetime import datetime
def format_date(datum):
datestring = datum
newdatastring = datetime.strptime(datestring, '%d-%m-%Y').date()
return newdatastring
print(format_date('24-10-1973'))Output:1973-10-241973-10-24 00:00:00 (datetime-object)
RE: create a function format_date ? - ibreeden - Apr-24-2023
By appending
.date() you force the result to be a date, so without time. Just remove this part.Another thing is you have to return a datetime object. But you name it "newdatastring". This is confusing because it should not be a string, but a datetime object. Choose a better name.
RE: create a function format_date ? - rob101 - Apr-24-2023
In addition, you don't even need to have the variable reassignment; you can simply use
return datetime.strptime(datum, '%d-%m-%Y')
RE: create a function format_date ? - Larz60+ - Apr-24-2023
FYI: see also: https://pymotw.com/3/datetime/index.html