How to get strptime with Python in german notation?

Asked Apr 02 '21 at 08:14

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I am receiving a datetime with Pyhton 3. of this format:

23. Mär 2018 08:00:02

The month is in German notation and stands for March. While trying to convert it to a datetime object I do get an error. Months like Feb work which are of same naming as in eng.

dt.datetime.strptime(result['postedDateTime'], '%d. %b %Y %H:%M:%S').strftime("%Y/%m/%d %H:%M")

Is there a way to configure strptime for german notation?

asked Apr 02 '21 at 08:14

merlin

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Briefly: set the desired locale. – TigerhawkT3 Apr 02 '21 at 08:20
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If you're computer is configured for Germany, call `locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')` before using `strptime()`. If not, call `locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'german_germany')`. – martineau Apr 02 '21 at 08:21
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The locale might be 'de_DE'. – snakecharmerb Apr 02 '21 at 08:23
Thank you. This fixed it for me: locale.setlocale(locale.LC_TIME, "de_DE") – merlin Apr 02 '21 at 08:28

How to get strptime with Python in german notation?

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