month name to month number and vice versa in python

Question

I am trying to create a function that can convert a month number to an abbreviated month name or an abbreviated month name to a month number. I thought this might be a commo

Answer 1

Building on ideas expressed above, This is effective for changing a month name to its appropriate month number:

from time import strptime
monthWord = 'september'

newWord = monthWord [0].upper() + monthWord [1:3].lower() 
# converted to "Sep"

print(strptime(newWord,'%b').tm_mon) 
# "Sep" converted to "9" by strptime