Python datetime.strptime()

In Python, the strptime() method of the datetime module is used to convert a string representation of a date and time into a datetime object.

The syntax for using strptime() is as follows:

datetime.datetime.strptime(date_string, format)

where date_string is the string to be parsed and format is the format string that specifies the format of the input string.

The format string contains various format codes that represent different components of the date and time, such as %Y for the year, %m for the month, %d for the day, %H for the hour, %M for the minute, %S for the second, and %f for microseconds.

Here is an example of how to use strptime() to convert a string to a datetime object:

import datetime

date_string = "2023-02-27 13:45:30"
format = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"

datetime_obj = datetime.datetime.strptime(date_string, format)

print(datetime_obj)

Output:

2023-02-27 13:45:30

In this example, we first import the datetime module. We then define a string date_string that represents the date and time we want to parse. We also define a format string that specifies the format of the input string. We then use the strptime() method to parse the input string and create a datetime object datetime_obj. Finally, we print the datetime_obj.