create a function format_date ?

[Kessie1971]

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 !!!

[deanhystad]

datetime.strptime() converts a string to a datetime object.

https://docs.python.org/3/library/dateti...e-behavior

[Kessie1971]

Do you have a example of the code

[deanhystad]

The link describes how to use the function, documents the syntax used to write the data format string, and has multiple examples.

[Kessie1971]

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:
1973-10-24

Question how get the following output
1973-10-24 00:00:00 (datetime-object)

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[ibreeden]

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.

[rob101]

In addition, you don't even need to have the variable reassignment; you can simply use return datetime.strptime(datum, '%d-%m-%Y')

[Larz60+]

FYI: see also: https://pymotw.com/3/datetime/index.html