How to convert date as string to date type

Question

I have a variable '2019-05-30 21:01:09' that needs to be converted into 2019-05-30 21:01:09. What is the best way to go about this.

Answer 1

from datetime import datetime

strToDate = datetime.strptime('2019-05-30 21:01:09','%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')

strptime() allows for the conversion of string to date time object provided that you give the format the function should expect as the second argument

Answer 2

You can using datetime library

from datetime import datetime
datetime.strptime('2019-05-30 21:01:09', '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')

https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#strftime-strptime-behavior