String to Date format

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As poster over strftime().

>>> from datetime import datetime
>>> 
>>> d = 'January 5, 2020'
>>> date_obj = datetime.strptime(d, '%B %d, %Y')
>>> date_obj
datetime.datetime(2020, 1, 5, 0, 0)
>>> print(date_obj)
2020-01-05 00:00:0 

Or simpler use pendulum,advisable to use if need dealing with time zones.

>>> import pendulum
>>> 
>>> d = 'January 5, 2020'
>>> dt = pendulum.parse(d, strict=False)
>>> dt
DateTime(2020, 1, 5, 0, 0, 0, tzinfo=Timezone('UTC'))
>>> print(dt)
2020-01-05T00:00:00+00:00
>>> 
>>> dt.to_date_string()
'2020-01-05'
>>> dt.to_iso8601_string()
'2020-01-05T00:00:00Z'