« Back to Index

Python Format Date String

View original Gist on GitHub

Python Format Date String.py

# https://docs.python.org/3.5/library/datetime.html#strftime-strptime-behavior

import time
from_date = 'Wed Mar 09 16:03:13 +0000 2016'
conv=time.strptime(from_date,"%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %z %Y")
time.strftime("%d/%m/%Y",conv)

# REAL EXAMPLE

import time
date = '1995-07-01T00:00:00Z'
parsed = time.strptime(date, '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')
time.strftime("%Y.%m.%d", parsed)  # '1995.07.01'