.strptime()

The .strptime() is a method included in the datetime module. It is used to parse a string representing a date and/or time and convert it into a datetime object using a specified format.

Syntax

from datetime import datetime

datetime.strptime(date_string, format)

• date_string: The string representing the date and/or time to be parsed.
• format: A string that defines the structure of date_string using format codes from the datetime module (e.g., %Y for a four-digit year, %m for a two-digit month).

It returns a datetime object, which represents the parsed date and time from the provided date_string according to the specified format.

Example

In the following example, the .strptime() method is used to parse a date-time string into a datetime object based on the specified format:

from datetime import datetime

# Define the date-time string and format
datetime_string = "27/12/2024 15:30:00"
datetime_format = "%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S"

# Parse the string into a datetime object
dt_object = datetime.strptime(datetime_string, datetime_format)

print(dt_object)

The code above produces an output as:

2024-12-27 15:30:00

Codebyte Example

Run the following codebyte example to understand the use of the .strptime() method:

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