Why is datetime.strptime not working in this simple example?

Question

I\'m using strptime to convert a date string into a datetime. According to the linked page, formatting like this should work:

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Answer 1

You should use strftime static method from datetime class from datetime module. Try:

import datetime
dtDate = datetime.datetime.strptime("07/27/2012", "%m/%d/%Y")