"2013-10-21 12:00:00.004" string convert to datetime in Python

Question

How to convert "2013-10-21 12:00:00.004" to datetime object in Python? The problem is there is decimal number in seconds.

Why are the milliseconds a problem? It looks simple to parse. Can you show your code that parses the text. — David Heffernan, Jan 10 '16 at 09:49
a = datetime.strptime("2013-10-21 12:00:00.004", "%y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f") — user5025141, Jan 10 '16 at 09:54
@user5025141 Your bug is in the %y, you need %Y as in my answer below — Yoav Glazner, Jan 10 '16 at 10:00
Read this: https://docs.python.org/3.5/library/datetime.html#strftime-and-strptime-behavior Next time you ask a question make sure you include the full, but minimal, code necessary reproduce the problem, and the error message. Thanks. — David Heffernan, Jan 10 '16 at 10:05

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 10 '16 at 09:53

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here is a working example

import datetime

dt =  datetime.datetime.strptime("2013-10-21 12:00:00.004", "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f")
print (dt.microsecond)

answered Jan 10 '16 at 09:53

Yoav Glazner

How did you answer this after the question was closed? – David Heffernan Jan 10 '16 at 09:57
@David Heffernan It was still open when I started to write it I guess – Yoav Glazner Jan 10 '16 at 09:58

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