Convert date format python

Question

I have django form and I am receiving from POST a date formated like \"%d/%m/%Y\" and I would like to convert it to \"%Y-%m-%d\", How could I do it?

Answer 1

Use strptime and strftime:

In [1]: import datetime

In [2]: datetime.datetime.strptime('10/05/2012', '%d/%m/%Y').strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
Out[2]: '2012-05-10'

Likewise, in Django template syntax you can use the date filter:

{{ mydate|date:"Y-m-d" }}

to print your date in your preferred format.