TypeError: descriptor 'strftime' requires a 'datetime.date' object but received a 'Text'

Question

I have a variable testeddate which has a date in text format like 4/25/2015. I am trying convert it to %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S as follows:

Answer 1

A less elegant solution would involve manipulating the string directly.

testeddate = '4/25/2015'
month, day, year = testeddate.split('/')
testeddate = '-'.join([year, month, day]) + ' 00:00:00'