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Python: How to convert date string into datetime object

I have a date string - "Fri Jun 05 15:59:14 PDT 2020" How to convert into datetime object?

i have tried below format, its not working.

'%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Z %Y'
Solution 
  • from dateutil import parser

date_string = "Fri Jun 05 15:59:14 PDT 2020"
datetime_obj = parser.parse(date_string)

print(datetime_obj)

    output:-

    2020-06-05 15:59:14

    try using parse to Converts the string representation of a date and time to its DateTime equivalent,