How to convert js datetime string into python datetime object

Question

Say I have a datetime string created form a datetime input in html as:

"2020-11-27T16:18"

How would I convert this to a datetime object in python:

string_date = "2020-11-27T16:18"
datetime_object = ????

Is there a specific way to format this date into a datetime object in python?

the format is [ISO8601](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601) based — FObersteiner, Nov 18 '20 at 04:48

Tibebes. M · Accepted Answer · 2020-11-17T20:52:51.767

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Here how to do it using datetime.strptime:

>>> import datetime
>>> 
>>> datetime.datetime.strptime(string_date, '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M')
datetime.datetime(2020, 11, 27, 16, 18)

Or a more convenient and clean solution as pointed out by @MrFuppes is to use datetime.fromisoformat

>>> from datetime import datetime
>>> string_date = "2020-11-27T16:18"
>>> datetime.fromisoformat(string_date)
datetime.datetime(2020, 11, 27, 16, 18)

edited Nov 17 '20 at 20:52

answered Nov 17 '20 at 17:24

Tibebes. M

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You can use `datetime.fromisoformat`, a bit more convenient – FObersteiner Nov 17 '20 at 18:27
@MrFuppes thank you, that's indeed a much cleaner and reliable approach! I've incorporated it to the answer. – Tibebes. M Nov 17 '20 at 20:55
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oh it's also pretty [efficient](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13468126/a-faster-strptime) :) - might be a bit platform-dependent though. – FObersteiner Nov 18 '20 at 04:49

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