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How to convert a date string to different format

I need to convert date string "2013-1-25" to string "1/25/13" in python. I looked at the datetime.strptime but still can't find a way for this.

Solution

  • I assume I have import datetime before running each of the lines of code below

    datetime.datetime.strptime("2013-1-25", '%Y-%m-%d').strftime('%m/%d/%y')

    prints "01/25/13".

    If you can't live with the leading zero, try this:

    dt = datetime.datetime.strptime("2013-1-25", '%Y-%m-%d')
print '{0}/{1}/{2:02}'.format(dt.month, dt.day, dt.year % 100)

    This prints "1/25/13".

    EDIT: This may not work on every platform:

    datetime.datetime.strptime("2013-1-25", '%Y-%m-%d').strftime('%m/%d/%y')