Parse date to datetime format in python

Question

Can someone help me in parsing the date like this to datetime format

'Oct. 1, 2020'

Thanks

Does this answer your question? [Converting string into datetime](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/466345/converting-string-into-datetime) — FObersteiner, Oct 26 '20 at 09:01

F.NiX · Accepted Answer · 2020-10-26T09:14:32.047

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This should do:

from datetime import datetime

my_date = 'Oct. 1, 2020'

my_date_object = datetime.strptime(my_date, '%b. %d, %Y')

print(my_date_object)  # datetime.datetime(2020, 10, 1, 0, 0)

edited Oct 26 '20 at 09:14

answered Oct 26 '20 at 09:06

F.NiX

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You dont need to replace `.` and `,` . Just add them to the date format `"%b. %d, %Y"` – luigigi Oct 26 '20 at 09:13

Parse date to datetime format in python

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