datetime.strptime () throws 'does not match format' error

Question

I get

time data \'19/Apr/2011:22:12:39\' does not match format \'%d/%b/%y:%H:%M:%S\'

when using datetime.strptime(\'19/Apr/2011:22:12:39\

Answer 1

You're checking for a 2 digit year ( %y ) instead of a four digit ( %Y )