Convert text file date into specific format

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May-11-2018, 05:18 AM (This post was last modified: May-11-2018, 05:18 AM by wavic.)

If it is a text you do not need datetime module.
Read the dates and replace '/' with "".

>>> line = "2018/01/02"
>>> line.replace('/', '')
'20180102'

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RE: Convert text file date into specific format - by wavic - May-11-2018, 05:18 AM

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