I want to convert this- ['Fri May 29 20:47:53 2020'] datetime format to date format YYYY-MM-DD

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I have to convert this- ['Fri May 29 20:47:53 2020'] datetime format to date format YYYY-MM-DD

How do I achieve it in Python.

I have tried this-

import os
import time
print(time.ctime(max(os.path.getmtime(root) for root,_,_ in os.walk('/dbfs/mnt/datalake/.../'))))

Which gives a date like ['Fri May 29 20:47:53 2020'] and I have to convert it to YYYY-MM-DD.

Can I achive this by simply modifying above code or any other way please suggest.

you used the module `datetime` ? do you want to format it using python or by using the module methods? — Delrius Euphoria, Jun 04 '20 at 05:23
mayb u should wait for some1 advanced to come and help, im jus really strting out :( — Delrius Euphoria, Jun 04 '20 at 05:32
Does this answer your question? [Converting string into datetime](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/466345/converting-string-into-datetime) — lenik, Jun 04 '20 at 13:08

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 04 '20 at 05:38

You should start from os.path.getmtime() that returns standard timestamp:

>>> import os
>>> os.path.getmtime('y1')
1451122262.0
>>> import datetime
>>> dt = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp( os.path.getmtime('y1'))
>>> dt
datetime.datetime(2015, 12, 26, 18, 31, 2)
>>> dt.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
'2015-12-26'
>>>

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 04 '20 at 05:49

You can use datetime.strptime with the format of the string you used
%a is for the local shortened day name (if you have full name of day use %A)
%B is for month name
%d is for date
%H is for Hour
%M is for month
%S is for second
%Y is for year

import os
import time
from datetime import datetime
dat =['Fri May 29 20:47:53 2020']
for i in dat:
    print(datetime.strptime(i,'%a %B %d %H:%M:%S %Y'))

Output:
2020-05-29 20:47:53

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 05 '20 at 08:48

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I think you can try this,

from datetime import datetime

datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d')

edited Jun 05 '20 at 08:48

FObersteiner

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answered Jun 04 '20 at 05:42

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 04 '20 at 07:43

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This resolved my issue-

import os
import time
from datetime import datetime
dat =['Fri May 29 20:47:53 2020']
for i in dat:
    print(datetime.strptime(i,'%a %B %d %H:%M:%S %Y').date())

answered Jun 04 '20 at 07:43

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I want to convert this- ['Fri May 29 20:47:53 2020'] datetime format to date format YYYY-MM-DD

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