Convert '2019-10-16' do date object

Question

I realize this might be the most well-documented thing on the Internet but I can't seem to get it right. I have a string, '2019-10-16' that I want to turn into a date object so I can increase it incrementally, but can still be converted to the string '2019-10-06' again. However, I seem to only be able to get it as 2019.10.16 or something similar.

import datetime
day = '2019-10-16'
date_object = datetime.datetime.strptime(day, '%Y-%m-%d')
>date_object
>datetime.datetime(2019, 10, 16, 0, 0)

have you checked `datetime.datetime.strftime()` ? – Sociopath Oct 16 '19 at 09:59 — Sociopath, Oct 16 '19 at 09:59
`date_object.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')` – tread Oct 16 '19 at 09:59 — tread, Oct 16 '19 at 09:59

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 17 '19 at 06:30

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To change it use date_object.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')

answered Oct 17 '19 at 06:30

Nikko Bobier

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Convert '2019-10-16' do date object

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